Our Great Coach on this episode is Dean Smith.
Dean Smith is an American Basketball coach who led the the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill men’s team for 36 years. When he retired in 1997 he had 879 career victories, which was the NCAA Division I men’s basketball record at that time. During his tenure as head coach, North Carolina won two national championships and appeared in 11 Final Fours.
This is a posthmous interview and I used these books to create it.
The Carolina Way: Leadership Lessons from a Life in Coaching
It’s How You Play the Game: The 12 Leadership Principles of Dean Smith
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