No embellishment was needed in the case of Dean Smith, who died at the age of 89 on Feb. 7, just a few weeks shy of his 84th birthday. The legendary North Carolina basketball coach really was a great man. And not because he won 879 games during his tenure with the Tar Heels — the most of any college coach in history at the time of his retirement in 1997. (Wilmington Star News)
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