Former UNC coach Smith receives Lapchick award
Published: Fri, Nov. 21, 2008 12:30AM
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closeThe room at Madison Square Garden in New York was overflowing with people honoring three award recipients.
Pat Summitt, Dean Smith and Lou Carnesecca, all Hall of Fame coaches, were presented the inaugural Joe Lapchick Character Awards on Thursday. The 100-plus people all congratulated and praised the winners, but they made sure people understood why Lapchick's name was on the award and why the word character was part of the title.
The awards are to honor those in college sports who have conducted themselves in a way Lapchick did throughout his playing career as one of the sport's first big men, and then as a coach in two stints at St. John's around one with the New York Knicks.
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Smith retired from North Carolina at the top of Division I's win list with 879, a figure since surpassed by Bob Knight. His graduation rate of almost 100 percent over three-plus decades and recognition as a teacher rather than a coach is why he was selected.
"There are so many people who could have been here," Smith said. "This was a great idea and a greater honor."
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