Kyle Smith (basketball)

Kyle Smith

Smith in 2012.
Sport(s) Basketball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team San Francisco
Conference WCC
Record 0–0
Biographical details
Born (1969-06-15) June 15, 1969
El Paso, Texas
Playing career
1988–1992 Hamilton
Position(s) Point guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1992–2000 San Diego (asst.)
2000–2001 Air Force (asst.)
2001–2010 Saint Mary's (asst.)
2010–2016 Columbia
2016–present San Francisco
Head coaching record
Overall 101–82
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
CIT championship (2016)

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.[1] Prior to joining the Dons, Smith was the head coach at Columbia.[2] In his final season at Columbia, he led the team to a CIT Championship over UC Irvine.

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.[3] He also shot 51.3 percent from three-point range, which still stands as a Hamilton single-season record.[4] 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."[5] 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 1950-52. 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).[6]

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.[7]

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 (2001–10) at Saint Mary's College, one season at Air Force (2000–01) and eight years at the University of San Diego (1992-2000).

While at Saint Mary's, he played an integral 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, '08, '10) 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.

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Columbia Lions (Ivy League) (2010–present)
2010–11 Columbia 15–13 6–8 5th
2011–12 Columbia 15–15 4–10 6th
2012–13 Columbia 12–16 4–10 8th
2013–14 Columbia 21–13 8–6 3rd CIT Quarterfinal
2014–15 Columbia 13–15 5–9 T–5th
2015–16 Columbia 25–10 10–4 3rd CIT Champions
Columbia: 101–82 (.552) 37–47
San Francisco (West Coast Conference) (2016–present)
2016–17 San Francisco 0–0 0–0
Total: 101–82 (.552)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ Rush The Court presents Ivy predictions at Ivy League Basketball News. Ivybbn.com (2010-08-09). Retrieved on 2011-11-06.
  3. ↑ Kyle Smith – GoColumbiaLions.com—Official Web Site of Columbia University Athletics. Gocolumbialions.com (2010-05-02). Retrieved on 2011-11-06.
  4. ↑ http://www.usfdons.com/news/2016/3/30/kyle-smith-named-head-mens-basketball-coach-Kyle-Smith-USF-Columbia.aspx
  5. ↑ St. Mary's assistant seeks Hawaii job – SFGate. Articles.sfgate.com (2010-03-18). Retrieved on 2011-11-06.
  6. ↑ http://www.gocolumbialions.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=43664&SPID=3886&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=9600&ATCLID=204940599&Q_SEASON=2012. Retrieved 2012-9-3.
  7. ↑ Retrieved on 2012-9-3.

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