Dean Smith Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at December 12, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Dean Smith Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

Dean Smith Facts

Full Name	Dean Smith
Birthdate	February 28, 1931
Birth Place	Emporia, KS
Age (in 2024)	93 Years Old
Zodiac	Pisces
Occupation	Basketball Coach

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Dean Smith Age & Birthday

Dean Smith is best known as Basketball Coach who has born on February 28, 1931 in Emporia, KS. Currently, Dean Smith is 93 years, 9 months and 12 days old. Dean Smith will celebrate 94th birthday on Friday, 28th of February 2025. Below the countdown to Dean Smith upcoming birthday.

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Dean Smith Biography

About

Hall of Fame college basketball coach who coached the University of North Carolina from 1961 until 1997.

Before Fame

He played basketball at Topeka High School for four years. He was also quarterback for his high school football team and catcher for his school's baseball team.

Trivia

He had a 77.6 percent shooting average, the ninth-highest percentage in men's college basketball history.

Family Life

He was married to Linnea Weblemoe from 1976 until his death and he had five children: Kristen, Scott, Sharon, Sandy and Kelly. His father Alfred coached basketball at Emporia High in Kansas, where he won a state title in 1934.

Associated With

He won his first National Championship at UNC in 1982 with Michael Jordan.

Top Asked Questions about Dean Smith

How old is Dean Smith in 2024?

Dean Smith is 93 years old today.

When was Dean Smith born?

Dean Smith was born on February 28, 1931 in Emporia, KS.

What is Dean Smith zodiac sign?

Dean Smith zodiac sign is Pisces.

What was Dean Smith best known for?

Dean Smith was best known as Basketball Coach.

Fun Facts about Dean Smith's Birthday

Here's quick list of some fun facts about Dean Smith's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.

Dean Smith was born on Saturday, 59^th day / 09^th week of 1931
Dean Smith has Pisces zodiac sign and Water element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of Dean Smith birthday is XXVIII.II.MCMXXXI
Dean Smith's birthstone is Amethyst
Dean Smith's birth flower is Primrose that symbolize modesty, distinction & virtue
Dean Smith age in year is 93 years old
Dean Smith age in month is 1125 months old
Dean Smith age in day is 34256 days old
Dean Smith age in hour is 822144 hours old
Dean Smith age in minute is 49328640 minutes old
Dean Smith age in second is 2959718400 seconds old
Next Dean Smith birthday is on Friday, February 28th 2025
Dean Smith age in next birthday (2025) is 94 years old
Learn more interesting facts about February 28, 1931 birthday

Historical Events on Dean Smith Birthday (February 28)

Below are historical events that coincided with Dean Smith's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.

Year	Event
1980	Andalusia approves its statute of autonomy through a referendum.
1983	The final episode of MAS*H airs, with almost 106 million viewers. It still holds the record for the highest viewership of a season finale.
1985	The Provisional Irish Republican Army carries out a mortar attack on the Royal Ulster Constabulary police station at Newry, killing nine officers in the highest loss of life for the RUC on a single day.
1986	Olof Palme, 26th Prime Minister of Sweden, is assassinated in Stockholm.
1991	The first Gulf War ends.
1993	The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents raid the Branch Davidian church in Waco, Texas with a warrant to arrest the group's leader David Koresh. Four ATF agents and six Davidians die in the initial raid, starting a 51-day standoff.
1995	Former Australian Liberal party leader John Hewson resigns from the Australian parliament almost two years after losing the 1993 Australian federal election.
1997	An earthquake in northern Iran is responsible for about 3,000 deaths.
1997	GRB 970228, a highly luminous flash of gamma rays, strikes the Earth for 80 seconds, providing early evidence that gamma-ray bursts occur well beyond the Milky Way.
1997	A Turkish military memorandum resulted with collapse of the government in Turkey.
2001	The 2001 Nisqually earthquake, having a moment magnitude of 6.8, with epicenter in the southern Puget Sound, damages Seattle metropolitan area.
2002	During the religious violence in Gujarat, 97 people are killed in the Naroda Patiya massacre and 69 in the Gulbarg Society massacre.
2004	Over one million Taiwanese participate in the 228 Hand-in-Hand rally form a 500-kilometre (310 mi) long human chain to commemorate the February 28 Incident in 1947.
2005	A suicide bombing at a police recruiting centre in Al Hillah, Iraq kills 127.
2013	Pope Benedict XVI resigns as the pope of the Catholic Church, becoming the first pope to do so since Pope Gregory XII, in 1415.
1980	The birth of Tayshaun Prince, American basketball player
1981	The birth of Brian Bannister, American baseball player and scout
1982	The birth of Natalia Vodianova, Russian-French model and actress
1984	The birth of Karolína Kurková, Czech model and actress
1985	The birth of Tim Bresnan, English cricketer
1985	The birth of Jelena Janković, Serbian tennis player
1985	The birth of Diego Ribas da Cunha, Brazilian footballer
1987	The birth of Antonio Candreva, Italian footballer
1988	The birth of Aroldis Chapman, Cuban baseball player
1989	The birth of Carlos Dunlap, American football player
1989	The birth of Charles Jenkins, American basketball player
1989	The birth of Kevin Proctor, New Zealand rugby league player
1990	The birth of Takayasu Akira, Japanese sumo wrestler
1994	The birth of Arkadiusz Milik, Polish footballer
1999	The birth of Luka Dončić, Slovenian basketball player
2004	The death of Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian and librarian (b. 1914)
2005	The death of Chris Curtis, English singer and drummer (b. 1941)
2006	The death of Owen Chamberlain, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1920)
2007	The death of Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. American historian and critic (b. 1917)
2009	The death of Paul Harvey, American radio host (b. 1918)
2011	The death of Annie Girardot, French actress (b. 1931)
2013	The death of Donald A. Glaser, American physicist and biologist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1926)
2014	The death of Hugo Brandt Corstius, Dutch linguist and author (b. 1935)
2015	The death of Yaşar Kemal, Turkish journalist and author (b. 1923)
2016	The death of George Kennedy, American actor (b. 1925)
2017	The death of Pierre Pascau, Mauritian-Canadian journalist (b. 1938)
2019	The death of André Previn, German-American pianist, conductor, and composer. (b. 1929)
2020	The death of Joe Coulombe, founder of Trader Joe's (b. 1930)
2020	The death of Freeman Dyson, British-born American physicist and mathematician (b. 1923)
2020	The death of Sir Lenox Hewitt, Australian public servant (b. 1917)

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