Dean Smith is spoken of in the same terms as legends like John Wooden and Adolph Rupp. And in a way more influential than Rupp, since Smith was instrumental in ending the age of college basketball teams that were all-white players in the southeastern USA.
Dean Smith could have easily coached till he was 70 years old and if he had hiswins record would have never been broken. The Dook coach broke his record because the Dook coach has coached longer. And in head-to-head games Dean Smith beat Mike K. like a drum. DES ever had a winning record in Cameron Indoor Stadium.