WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) – A smiling Dean Smith has taken in his second Charlotte Bobcats practice in as many days.
The 79-year-old former North Carolina coach watched from a chair at midcourt at UNC Wilmington on Thursday as the Bobcats went through a midday workout. Smith spent an extended time chatting with Coastal Carolina coach Cliff Ellis during the practice and Bobcats coach Larry Brown after it ended.
Ellis says Smith was “very alert” and reminiscing about old times. Smith’s family announced in July that he has a “progressive neurocognitive disorder” that affects his memory.
Brown, a member of Smith’s first team at North Carolina in 1961-62, says he had dinner with Smith on Wednesday night.
Smith won 879 games and two national titles before his retirement in 1997.
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