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- Civil rights era · 1945–1975
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Aycock suspends a basketball player in the betting scandal and makes Dean Smith head coach
After the player Doug Moe accepted $75 from a gambler in 1961, Chancellor Aycock suspended him and said the integrity of the institution was involved. Aycock then raised assistant coach Dean Smith to head coach.
People: Dean Smith
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Frank McGuire leaves UNC and Dean Smith succeeds him
McGuire left Chapel Hill in 1961 to coach the Philadelphia Warriors of the NBA. Dean Smith, who had joined his staff as an assistant in 1958, became head coach of the Tar Heels.
People: Dean Smith
- Recent decades · 1976–2026
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Roy Williams serves as an assistant coach under Dean Smith at UNC
Williams spent ten seasons on Dean Smith's UNC men's basketball staff before leaving to become head coach at Kansas.
People: Dean Smith
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Michael Jordan plays his Carolina career in Carmichael Auditorium
Jordan played all three of his Carolina seasons in Carmichael Auditorium in Chapel Hill and scored in double figures in 90 of his 101 games for UNC. He was Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year and National Player of the Year in 1984.
People: Dean Smith
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UNC men’s basketball wins the 1982 NCAA national championship
UNC defeated Georgetown, 63–62, to win the national title.
Part of UNC national championships beyond women’s soccer · 31 events
People: Dean Smith · James Worthy · Michael Jordan
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UNC's basketball team takes the court in Alexander Julian's argyle uniforms
At Dean Smith's request, the Chapel Hill native Alexander Julian redesigned the Tar Heel men's basketball uniforms, adding an argyle side panel that debuted in the 1991-92 season and became a symbol of the university.
People: Dean Smith
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UNC men’s basketball wins the 1993 NCAA national championship
UNC defeated Michigan, 77–71, to win the national title.
Part of UNC national championships beyond women’s soccer · 31 events
People: Dean Smith
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Dean Smith is named a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
President Obama named Smith among sixteen recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, citing his 36 seasons as UNC's head basketball coach (1961-1997), two national championships, a 96 percent graduation rate among his players and his civil rights advocacy.
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Bill Thorpe and Dean Smith are added to the Peace and Justice Plaza marker
At a town Peace and Justice Celebration, the names of former Council member Bill Thorpe and UNC basketball coach Dean Smith were added to the granite marker, which already honored 13 local leaders. Thorpe's son William spoke about him.
People: Dean Smith · Mark Kleinschmidt
Subject: Chapel Hill Post Office and Peace and Justice Plaza
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