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Should someone do quick fact check on this?
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dean_Smith
Smith is best known for his successful 36-year coaching tenure at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Smith coached from 1961 to 1997 and retired with 879 victories, which was the NCAA Division I men’s basketball record at that time.[a] Smith has the 9th highest winning percentage of any men’s college basketball coach (77.6%).[1] During his tenure as head coach of North Carolina, the team won two national titles and appeared in 11 Final Fours.[2]
Smith is also known for running a clean program and having a high graduation rate for his players, with 96.6% of his athletes receiving their degrees.[3][4] While at North Carolina, Smith helped promote desegregation by recruiting the University’s first African American scholarship basketball player, Charlie Scott, and pushing for equal treatment for African Americans by local businesses.[5] Smith coached and worked with numerous individuals at North Carolina who went on to achieve notable success in basketball, as either players or coaches or both. Smith retired as head coach from North Carolina in 1997, saying that he was not able to give the team the same level of enthusiasm that he had given it for years. After retiring, Smith used his influence to help out in various charitable ventures and liberal political activities; however in recent years he has suffered from advanced dementia and has ceased most activities.[6]
That is still an accomplished career that certainly had a positive effect on lots of lives, but there’s a huge ugly black eye on it now.
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