Dean Smith left $200 for a nice dinner to every letterman who played for him

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Jonathan Martin @jmartNYT  ·  6h 6 hours ago
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Dean Smith left $200 to each of his former players,had executor of his estate note it was meant for a dinner out

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[Dr. Starcs]

In other news, John Calipari bought each of his 7,187 letterman a $5 footlong from Subway. (Probably the least of his expenses on them)

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Legendary North Carolina head coach Dean Smith passed away back in February, but before he died, he made a touching addition to his will: Smith sent $200 to each and every one of his former players, telling them to "have a dinner out compliments of Coach Dean Smith".

Smith's most influential recruiting class, the freshmen Class of 1965, took it one step further. As detailed by the Greensboro News & Record, the five-member class — who still remain close 50 years later — will all meet for lunch with their wives at university's Alumni Center on Wednesday.

"That's what coach Smith wanted when he sent out the checks to the players," Joe Brown, one of the five players, told the paper. "The letter said 'have a dinner out.' For me, anyway, part of that was, 'Hey, you guys get together.'"

The five players — Brown, Bill Bunting, Rusty Clark, Dick Grubar and Gerald Tuttle — entered the program at a time when, believe it or not, there was some pressure on Smith's job...