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He died peacefully Saturday evening.  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Feb 8, 2015 3:28 PM UTC University of North Carolina basketball coach Dean Smith, often considered among the most successful athletic coaches of all time, died Saturday evening at 83, according to UNC. Smith’s family confirmed the death in a statement and thanked the public for thoughts and prayers. “It’s such a great loss for North Carolina – our state, the University, of course the Tar Heel basketball program, but really the entire basketball world,” said current UNC coach Roy Williams in a statement. “We lost one of our greatest ambassadors for college basketball for the way in which a program should be run.” Smith coached at the school for 36 seasons, from 1961 to 1997, and retired with more wins than any other college basketball coach. The team won two national championships and made 11 Final Four appearances during his tenure. ESPN named him one of the seven greatest coaches of any sport in the 2oth century. In an [obituary](http://www.si.com/college-basketball/2015/02/08/dean-smith-death-83-north-carolina-coach) posted at _Sports Illustrated_, Alexander Wolff recalled what made Smith a unique figure in the college basketball environment: --- > “” --- [Read more at _Sports Illustrated_](http://www.si.com/college-basketball/2015/02/08/dean-smith-death-83-north-carolina-coach) ## Transcript [00:00] Legendary former North Carolina basketball coach [00:02] Dean Smith died peacefully Saturday evening [00:05] surrounded by family. He was 83 years old. University [00:09] of North Carolina released a statement Sunday [00:12] morning announcing the iconic basketball coaches [00:14] passing. The smith family said in that statement, We [00:17] are grateful for all the thoughts and prayers, and [00:20] appreciate the continued respect for our privacy. Smith [00:24] coached the Tar Heels from 1961 to 1997 spending [00:28] 36 seasons in Carolina Blue. He retired as the [00:31] winningest coach in NCAA history with 879 career [00:35] wins. He still holds the record for the most consecutive [00:38] 21 seasons at 27 straight years. When his coaching [00:42] career was finally over he had two national [00:45] championships under his belt. And 11 final four [00:48] appearances. Smith coached many NBA players, some [00:51] hall of famers, and the man many consider to be the [00:54] greatest of all time. Michael Jordan said after the news [00:57] broke, other than my parents, no one had a greater [01:00] influence on my life than Coach Smith. He was more [01:03] than a coach; he was my mentor, my teacher, my [01:06] second father. Smith was known not only for his [01:08] coaching ability, but for his social activism. Smith [01:12] recruited the university's first black scholarship athlete [01:15] in 1966. He will forever stand as one of the greatest [01:19] coaches in college basketball history. [ NOISE ] [01:24] And in 2013 he was awarded the presidential medal [01:27] of freedom. 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