North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith grew up in Emporia, Kansas. Explore his old neighborhood and high school, where his legacy lives on.

It has been a long time since Dean Smith’s boyhood years in Emporia, Kansas, but in some ways his hometown looks like it must’ve looked when he grew up there. Commercial Street still looks ...

North Carolina and Kansas share more college basketball history than perhaps any two other schools. From Dean Smith to Roy ...

John A. Smith has distinguished himself as a superlative researcher ... He has also served the Purdue School of Science as a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council, and remains an active member of the ...

Dean Smith was a member of the Emporia High School basketball team in 1947. Photograph from the school yearbook. Robert Willett rwillett@newsobserver.com Legendary North Carolina coach Dean Smith ...

This is the second in a series of stories exploring the storied and unique relationship between two of college basketball’s historically elite programs, North Carolina and Kansas. It has been a long ...

From Dean Smith to Roy Williams, Hall-of-Fame coaches are just part of the reason why. Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of stories exploring the storied and unique relationship ...