"THE LEGENDARY DEAN SMITH"
Synopsis: The research topic is that of a legendary man who made basketball history. His overwhelming number of broken records and unrealistic statistics made him go down in the books. This legendary figure is the University of North Carolina's basketball coach, Dean Smith. Dean Smith is a highly respected man who has not only made the University of North Carolina's basketball a wide known franchise, but has served as a father figure to those under his realm. He is a person who has always been soft spoken and true to his beliefs. Dean Smith is not only a legend, but a role model for all. Some of his overwhelming records such as all time record of 879-254 beating Adolph Rupp record of 876 wins, winning 20 games for 27 years which no coach has ever done, and in the last 31 years Dean Smith guided his Tar Heels into the NCAA Tournament 27 times. What a guy!! Dean Smith has brought much success and fame to the University of North Carolina and he has always been a hero for my family and I. The World Wide Web is a good source to use for researching Smith's records, statistics, quotes, accomplishments, and many of the articles that were attributed to him during his Carolina career up until the day he retired. Dean Smith will always be apart of Carolina and its basketball legend.
World Wide Web Sources:
"The Dean Tome," ACC Athlete Online.
<http://www.accathlete.com/features/dean08.html
>
This site is really great for researching the accomplishments
and comments of the opposing coaches that have been competing with Dean
Smith for years. This showed a feature story of North Carolina's head coach
Dean Smith. It tells of his greatest achievement of winning the National
Title against the Kansas Jayhawks in 1952. It also rehatches the moment
when Dean Smith became the winningest Division I coach in college history.
It also has links where one could go to check out the ACC Championships,
NCAA Tournament, Athletes of the Week, and Featured Portriats. There is
even links for all ACC schools that one might find useful and interesting
to browse.
[Accessed 15 February 1998].
"Former Head Coach Dean Smith," The Official UNC Athletic
Department Web Site.
<http://tarheels.unc.edu/teams/mbball/smith.html>
This site is also really great for researching what other
coaches have to say about the infamous Dean Smith and his achievements.
It lists a great number of his records and his UNC teams achievements.
There are numerous quotes from opposing coaches such as Bobby Knight from
Indiana, Roy Williams from Kansas, Mike Krzyzewski from Duke, and Dave
Odom of Wake Forest. They all remark on Smith's accomplishments and his
coaching ability and dedication to playing with class. It even gives a
brief synopis of his family and his interests and other hobbies excluding
basketball. The site also include links to go to Coaches, Basketball, and
Varsity Sports which are all related to college basketball. The information
provided by this web site is relevant and useful in researching college
basketball and its accomplishments and world wide fame.
[Accessed 09 April 1998].
"Dean Smith, The head Heel steps down," News & Record
Online.
<http://www.greensboro.com/nronline/projects/dean/index.htm>
This site is good for researching what is going on in
the news. The site gives access to numerous aricles to help supply more
information for what is going on past, present, and future. This particular
site gave a detailed account of Dean Smith's basketball career including
articles and quotes from the day he retired. It displays his overwhelming
legacy, his road to success, his life not only as a coach to his team,
but a father figure, and his approach to life and his work. The site links
to information of statistics, tributes to Dean by his players and other
coaches, and a timeline to give a sense of how quick Smith obtained all
his accomplishements. The site's information is thoroughly organized and
extremely useful in researching various apects of Dean Smith and his legacy.
[Accessed 09 April 1998]
"Dean Of Coaches," Nando.
<http://www.nando.net/newsroom/sports/Pressbox/special/acc/dean.html>
This site is a great research source for getting information
on news relative issues. It provided a page with the Dean of Coaches meaning
Dean Smith which consisted of several links to give you even more important
information. The links displayed gave content to his career as a basketball
player, his competitions with Adolph Rupp, his outrageous statistics, his
mentors, some of his infamous quotes, photos of him as a player and a coach,
and some of his unforgetable memories. The graphics on this site are elaborate
and very appealing to the viewer. The information is easy to access and
well organized. There is a vast amount of information on this site to provide
you with an incredible account of Dean Smith and his success as a Tar Heel.
[Accessed 09 April 1998]
Other Reference Sources:
Chansky, Art. The Dean's List: a celebration of Tar Heel basketball and Dean Smith. New York: Warner Books, 1996.
This is a book was written in attribution to the legendary Dean Smith former head coach of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It is somewhat of a keep sake book that those who knew him would want to purchase it. The book displays his entire career in the basketball profession even as a player. It details his goals, achievements, dreams, beliefs, records, and how he was behind the cameras. The Dean's List is that of a biography of Dean Smith life-long dreams and accomplishments and what it took for him to get to where he is today.
Holstrom, Steve. The Carolina Corporation: inside Dean Smith and the Tar Heels. Dallas, TX: Taylor Publishing, Co., 1988.
This book expresses the feelings and attitude of living
up to be a Carolina Tar Heel. It focuses on what goes on goes on on and
off the court. What goes on in practices, meetings, conventions, travels,
hotels, and even more are all foretold in Holstrom's book. It gives a behind
the scenes story of what the Tar Heels do when they are not on the court
surrounded by flashing cameras and dedicated fans. This book shows that
there is more to the Tar Heels and their coach than what meets the eye.
They are people too.
Mumau, Thad. The Dean Smith Story: more than a coach. Huntsville, Ala: Strode Publishers, 1980.
This book was written about Dean Smith and his life outside
of the basketball limelight. It details his accomplishments as a person
who cares about his community and the people who surround him. The book
gives accounts of his charity work, his motivational talks at conventions,
and his everyday nature as a person. It gives Dean Smith as a everyday
person not as one who is famous and well-known. He is not all about glory
and praise, but just wants to do what is expected of him by others and
himself. This is an account of Dean Smith and his well rounded attributes
to society.
Mumau, Thad. Dean Smith: a biography. Winstom Salem, NC: J.F. Blair, 1980.
This book was written about the life and successes of a man known as Dean Smith. This book details his life growing up, his college years, his days as a beginner coach, and his years of success as a highly experienced coach. It gives accounts of his daily life routines and insights into his role as a father of five. It goes into detail about how he got where he is today , a legend in basketball history. The book focuses not only on his credible coaching abitlity, but his attitude and class he carries everywhere he goes. This biography gives a full -fledged account of Dean Smith on and off the court.
Triangle ACC men's basketball coaches quoted in Coachspeak. Raleigh, NC: the insider, 1995.
This book gives quotes from North Carolina basketball coaches. It quotes those of the most known such as: Mike Krzyzewski of Duke, Les Robinson and Jimmy Valvano of N.C. State, and the greatest of all time Dean Smith of UNC. These quotes are taken from their numerous speeches and pep talks as basketball coaches of the ACC. The quotes express their attitudes towards the game and their competitiveness to win. Quotes help to demonstrate what is important to them as individual coaches which helps in distinquishing Dean Smith's philosophy against those of his opposing coaches.
General comments:
Web vs. Print Sources
The web provides information that can be viewed rather quickly. One can scroll through the links and click on exactly what they are interested in whereas in dealing with print sources one has to read through the book, magazine, newspaper, etc., to find what they are researching. One can also enter key words dealing with your topic in search engines within theweb which will provide direct access to the topic one is searching for. The web also includes documents having text, graphics, sound, and even video. Most print sources lack the colorful graphics, and definitely the sound and video apects. One can also find everything one needs to know about their topic by using the web whereas in using print sources one may have to go from one location to another and end up having numerous materials in hand. If I personally had a choice between using the web or print sources in gathering more information on my topic, I would without a doubt use the web online. For me, using the web is so much easier and less time consuming. I can go in search for what I am looking for without going from place to place and I can do it all at one time. The web is easy access to a vast amount of information and it cuts a persons time in half. Plus, the information is well organized for the most part and the graphics, sound, and video chararcteristics enhance its content which is more appealing than black and white text and graphics. So, why not use it?
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