define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); presidential medal of freedom – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Wed, 20 Nov 2013 09:59:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 http://rushthecourt.net http://rushthecourt.net/wp-content/mbp-favicon/RTC.jpg Rush The Court Dean Smith Honored With Presidential Medal of Freedom Today http://rushthecourt.net/2013/11/20/dean-smith-honored-with-presidential-medal-of-freedom-today/ http://rushthecourt.net/2013/11/20/dean-smith-honored-with-presidential-medal-of-freedom-today/#respond Wed, 20 Nov 2013 17:01:44 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=100401

Today, President Barack Obama will honor 16 individuals with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, including former North Carolina head basketball coach Dean Smith. Due to health reasons, Smith will not be attending the ceremony in Washington. He will instead be represented by his wife, Dr. Linnea Smith, his children, long-time coaching assistant Bill Guthridge, and current UNC coach Roy Williams. If anybody would be fine with not being there to receive such an individual honor, it would be Smith. As a basketball coach, he taught his teams to be unselfish on the court. As a private citizen, Smith was legendary for trying [...]]]> http://rushthecourt.net/2013/11/20/dean-smith-honored-with-presidential-medal-of-freedom-today/feed/ 0