The Carolina Way
Leadership Lessons from a Life in Coaching
“Coach taught me the game. . . . He's like a second father to me.” —Michael Jordan
“Dean Smith epitomizes what a coach can be-teacher, counselor, mentor, example, friend.” —Bill Bradley
“He's a better coach of basketball than anyone else.” —John Wooden
For forty years, Dean Smith coached the University of North Carolina basketball team with unsurpassed success. Now, in The Carolina Way, he explains his coaching philosophy and shows readers how to apply it to the leadership and team-building challenges they face in their own lives. In his wry, sensible, wise way, Coach Smith takes us through every aspect of his program, illustrating his insights with vivid stories. Accompanying each of Coach Smith’s major points is a “Player Perspective” from a former North Carolina basketball…
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January 25, 2005John Kilgo is an award-winning newspaper columnist in North Carolina. He hosted Dean Smith’s television show for fourteen years and his call-in radio show for twenty-one years and served as a coauthor on his first book.
The Carolina Way
Dean Smith and Gerald D. Bell, with John Kilgo; Preface by Roy Williams
A Coach's Life
Dean Smith with John Kilgo and Sally JenkinsGerald D. Bell has master’s degrees from the University of Colorado and Yale and a doctorate from Yale. He has taught at the University of North Carolina’s Kenan-Flagler Business School for more than thirty years and has headed his Bell Leadership Institute since 1972. His leadership-training sessions have been attended by approximately 500,000 managers in more than 4,700 organizations from more than 85 countries
The Carolina Way
Dean Smith and Gerald D. Bell, with John Kilgo; Preface by Roy WilliamsDean Smith was born in Emporia, Kansas, in 1931. At age thirty he became head coach of UNC, and over thirty-six years there established a record (879-254,.776) as the winningest coach in college basketball history. Smith has won numerous coaching awards, including eight ACC Coach of the Year titles. He lives in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
The Carolina Way
Dean Smith and Gerald D. Bell, with John Kilgo; Preface by Roy Williams