About Dean Smith
Dean Smith was an American basketball player, baseball player and engineer.
Dean Smith is a former winner of the Walter Byers Award as the National Collegiate Athletic Association's annual winner of its highest academic honor in recognition of being the nation's top scholar-athlete. He is an engineer specializing in chemical warfare agent detection. The University of Maine has renamed its top scholar-athlete award the M Club Dean Smith Award.
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American basketball player and engineer
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Dean Smith was a basketball player, baseball player and engineer.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Dean Smith. https://biography.guide/dean-smith-basketball-player/
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