Here’s a shot of the #Carolina Blue tie Coach K was wearing at the Dean Smith funeral. (image via @AP) pic.twitter.com/I2YRFMMeQi
— Derek Rowles (@DerekRowles) February 12, 2015
Dean Smith’s funeral was this afternoon in Chapel Hill and Coach K honored him by wearing a Carolina blue tie to the funeral.
Coach K also had these words to say about Dean Smith’s passing in a previously released statement from Duke University:
I am incredibly saddened to hear of the passing of Coach Dean Smith. We have lost a man who cannot be replaced. He was one of a kind and the sport of basketball lost one of its true pillars. Dean possessed one of the greatest basketball minds, and was a magnificent teacher and tactician. While building an elite program at North Carolina, he was clearly ahead of his time in dealing with social issues. However, his greatest gift was his unique ability to teach what it takes to become a good man. That was easy for him to do because he was a great man himself. All of his players benefited greatly from his basketball teachings, but even more from his ability to help mold men of integrity, honor and purpose. Those teachings, specifically, will live forever in those he touched. We offer our deepest sympathies – and gratitude for sharing his incredible life with us for so long – to Linnea, his children and the entire North Carolina family.
h/t: College Spun
