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UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS
Saturday, FEB. 21, 2015
SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED FOR COACH SMITH MEMORIAL CELEBRATION
CHAPEL HILL - The University of North Carolina will celebrate the life of Dean E. Smith tomorrow (Feb. 22) at 2 p.m. at the Smith Center.
The memorial will feature comments by former players, coaching colleagues and family friends, video tributes and several musical selections.
Speaking on behalf of the Carolina Basketball Family and the Smith family will be Mickey Bell, Erskine Bowles, Billy Cunningham, Brad Daugherty, Phil Ford, Antawn Jamison, Eric Montross, Reverend Robert Seymour, former Georgetown Coach John Thompson and Carolina Coach Roy Williams.
Pastor David Chadwick, who played for Smith at UNC, will offer the invocation.
Those attending the event should expect the program to last approximately two hours. Attendees may bring bottled water into the arena.
For parking information, visit: http://move.unc.edu/2015/02/ 19/information-dean-e-smith- memorial-service/
The memorial may be viewed on GoHeels.com, UNC Athletics' YouTube channel and ESPN3 as well as several local television stations around the state.
The following radio stations will also be airing the memorial:
Chapel Hill, WCHL, 1360-AM, 97.9 FM
Charlotte, WBT, 1110-AM
Emporia, Kansas, KVOE, 1400-AM, 101.7-FM
Hendersonville, WHKP, 1450-AM, 107.9-FM
Raleigh, WTKK, 106.1-FM
Rutherfordton, WCAB, 590-AM
Salisbury, WSTP, 1490-AM
Whiteville, WODR, 105.3-FM
Wilmington, WMFD, 95.9-FM
Satellite Radio, Sirius 132, XM 193
This post was edited on 2/21 3:43 PM by Andrew Jones
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS
Saturday, FEB. 21, 2015
SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED FOR COACH SMITH MEMORIAL CELEBRATION
CHAPEL HILL - The University of North Carolina will celebrate the life of Dean E. Smith tomorrow (Feb. 22) at 2 p.m. at the Smith Center.
The memorial will feature comments by former players, coaching colleagues and family friends, video tributes and several musical selections.
Speaking on behalf of the Carolina Basketball Family and the Smith family will be Mickey Bell, Erskine Bowles, Billy Cunningham, Brad Daugherty, Phil Ford, Antawn Jamison, Eric Montross, Reverend Robert Seymour, former Georgetown Coach John Thompson and Carolina Coach Roy Williams.
Pastor David Chadwick, who played for Smith at UNC, will offer the invocation.
Those attending the event should expect the program to last approximately two hours. Attendees may bring bottled water into the arena.
For parking information, visit: http://move.unc.edu/2015/02/ 19/information-dean-e-smith- memorial-service/
The memorial may be viewed on GoHeels.com, UNC Athletics' YouTube channel and ESPN3 as well as several local television stations around the state.
The following radio stations will also be airing the memorial:
Chapel Hill, WCHL, 1360-AM, 97.9 FM
Charlotte, WBT, 1110-AM
Emporia, Kansas, KVOE, 1400-AM, 101.7-FM
Hendersonville, WHKP, 1450-AM, 107.9-FM
Raleigh, WTKK, 106.1-FM
Rutherfordton, WCAB, 590-AM
Salisbury, WSTP, 1490-AM
Whiteville, WODR, 105.3-FM
Wilmington, WMFD, 95.9-FM
Satellite Radio, Sirius 132, XM 193
This post was edited on 2/21 3:43 PM by Andrew Jones
