article_snippet: Jordan  described Smith, who was the former basketball coach for the University of North Carolina as 'a second father.'
article_snippet: Jordan   said: 'Other than my parents, no one had a bigger influence on my life than Ex-University of North Carolina coach Dean Smith.'
article_snippet: Jordan  , played under Ex-University of North Carolina coach Dean Smith from 1982 to 1984 before embarking on Jordan   legendary NBA career.
article_snippet: In a moving statement Jordan   added: 'Jordan   was more than a coach - Jordan   was my mentor, my teacher, my second father.'
article_snippet: Michael Jordan described Dean Edwards Smith as like 'a second father' Dean Edwards Smith graduated from Topeka High School in 1949 and went to the University of Kansas on an academic scholarship, according to goheels.com.
highlights_snippet: Basketball great Michael Jordan paid tribute to Ex-University of North Carolina coach Dean Smith last month and described Ex-University of North Carolina coach Dean Smith as like 'a second father' 