Coach Smith will always be aces in my eyes for bringing Charlie(he preferred to be called Charles) Scott to Chapel Hill back in the 60's thus opening the door for all the good and great black players that followed.
A number of years ago , I read a book about Jim Valvano's years at NC State during which a player talked of the tremendous respect he had for Dean Smith and how considerate he was of all his players. There was a quote in the book which stated that Dean Smith could be meeting in his office with the university president and would ask the university president to leave if a player came to his office unexpectedly to talk to him.