Sport(s) Basketball Position(s) Point guard Spouse Katie Smith Title Head coach 1992–2000 San Diego (asst.) Education Hamilton College | Record 76-72 Name Kyle Smith Children Rocco Smith, Bo Smith 1988–1992 Hamilton Role Basketball Coach | |
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Born June 15, 1969 (age 54)
El Paso, Texas ( 1969-06-15 ) Team Columbia Lions men's basketball Similar People Maodo Lo, Grant Mullins, Cory Osetkowski, Steve Frankoski, Skylar Scrivano | ||
Meet usf basketball head coach kyle smith
Kyle Andrew Smith (born June 15, 1969) is an American college basketball coach and the current men's basketball head coach at University of San Francisco. Prior to joining the Dons, Smith was the head coach at Columbia University. In his final season at Columbia, he led the team to a CIT Championship over UC Irvine.
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- Meet usf basketball head coach kyle smith
- Mbb tradition talk kyle smith and jim brovelli
- Playing career
- Coaching career
- Personal life
- References
Mbb tradition talk kyle smith and jim brovelli
Playing career
Smith was a member of New York's Hamilton College men's basketball team that achieved a 26–1 record his junior season and achieved the national Division III #1 ranking. He also shot 51.3 percent from three-point range, which still stands as a Hamilton single-season record. Additionally, University of Richmond head men's basketball coach Chris Mooney referred to Smith as "the smartest man in college basketball. I think he has the best feel and overview of basketball programs and coaching of anyone I've ever met." Smith has a master's degree in educational leadership from the University of San Diego.
Coaching career
In his first season at Columbia, Smith piloted the Lions to a 15–13 record, becoming the first new Columbia head coach in 33 years to notch a winning season in his inaugural campaign. Smith backed up his offensive reputation with sterling numbers on that side of the ball in year one in Morningside Heights; the Lions scored more than 10 points per game more in 2010–11 than they did the year before and scored more than 70 points 15 times during the entire season.
Smith followed up his impressive first season with 15 more wins in 2011–12, becoming the first Columbia basketball coach to record as many as 30 wins in his first two seasons since Lou Rossini in 1952. Under Smith's tutelage, Columbia's guards have developed into some of the more dynamic playmakers in the Ivy League. Columbia starting point guard Brian Barbour was voted first team All-Ivy League, the second straight year a Columbia guard was given this honor (Noruwa Agho, 2010–11).
In charge of one of the fastest rising programs in the Ivy League, Smith steered Columbia to an RPI of 186 in both 2010–11 and 2011–12, the highest finish in the program's history. Prior to his appointment at Columbia in May 2010, Smith spent 18 seasons as an assistant coach on the NCAA Division I level, including nine seasons (2001–2010) at Saint Mary's College of California, one season at the Air Force Academy (2000–01) and eight years at the University of San Diego (1992–2000).
While at Saint Mary's, he played a role in building the Gaels program into a perennial contender in the West Coast Conference. In his nine seasons with the Gaels, they made three NCAA Tournament (2005, 2008, 2010) appearances and earned one National Invitation Tournament (2009) bid. Saint Mary's averaged 23 wins over his last six seasons on the staff, including a 81–20 record over the last three seasons.
Personal life
Smith and his wife, Katie, have three sons, Rocco, Bo, and Luke.