Charmin Smith

Charmin Smith
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	California
Conference	Pac-12
Record	56–80 (.412)
Biographical details
Born	May 2, 1975 (age 49); St. Louis, Missouri
Playing career
1993–1997	Stanford
1997–1998	Portland Power
1999	Minnesota Lynx
2000–2001	Seattle Storm
2003	Phoenix Mercury
2003	Solna Vikings
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2003–2004	Boston College (asst.)
2004–2007	Stanford (asst.)
2007–2012	California (asst.)
2012–2019	California (Assoc. HC)
2019	New York Liberty (asst.)
2019–present	California
Head coaching record
Overall	56–80 (.412)

Last updated December 08, 2024

Charmin Smith (born May 2, 1975) is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the California Golden Bears women's team.^[1]

Early life and collegiate career

Smith was born in St. Louis on May 2, 1975. Her brother, Charles, was her role model for basketball when she was growing up.

Upon graduating from Ladue Horton Watkins High School in St. Louis in 1993, Smith attended Stanford University, where she played four years for the Cardinal. A four-year letter winner, Smith helped Stanford win three consecutive Pac-10 championships and make three consecutive Final Four appearances in 1995, 1996, and 1997. Smith averaged 4.7 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 2.2 assists during her senior year.

Smith earned both her bachelor's and master's degrees in civil and environmental engineering at Stanford.^[1]

Professional career

After her years at Stanford, Smith played one year with the Portland Power of the ABL, the last year before the league folded. She would be signed by the Minnesota Lynx for the 1999 WNBA season. In 2000 the Seattle Storm picked her up in the expansion draft, and she would play for the Storm for the 2000 and 2001 seasons. She would play one more season in the WNBA for the Phoenix Mercury in 2003.^[2] Smith went overseas in 2003 to play for the Swedish team Solna Vikings before retiring from the sport as a player.

During her off-seasons with the WNBA, Smith would work as a production assistant and editor with NBA Entertainment, as well as with the Seattle Storm CR office.

Career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
TO	Turnovers per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
Bold	Career best	°	League leader

WNBA career statistics

Regular season


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
1999	Minnesota	13	0	4.3	.111	.000	.800	0.7	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.8
2000	Seattle	32	3	16.1	.286	.313	.56	1.5	1.7	0.5	0.1	1.0	1.6
2001	Seattle	32	8	18.4	.270	.289	.619	1.7	1.2	0.5	0.0	0.8	1.8
2003	Phoenix	4	0	4.3	.000	.000	.000	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Career	4 years, 3 teams	81	11	14.5	.262	.276	.633	1.4	1.2	0.4	0.0	0.8	1.5

College career statistics


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
1993–94	Stanford	24	-	-	43.5	36.4	75.0	1.1	0.4	0.2	0.2	-	1.5
1994–95	Stanford	31	-	-	35.4	33.3	66.7	1.7	1.7	0.6	0.1	-	1.7
1995–96	Stanford	32	-	-	29.2	25.9	65.0	3.5	1.9	0.7	0.3	-	2.8
1996–97	Stanford	36	-	-	35.6	33.8	69.2	3.4	2.2	0.8	0.1	-	4.7
Career		123	-	-	34.0	31.3	68.8	2.5	1.6	0.6	0.2	-	2.8
Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.^[3]

Coaching career

Boston College

Smith began her coaching career as an assistant under Cathy Inglese at Boston College in the 2003−04 season. The Eagles won their first Big East tournament championship, and were eliminated in the regional semifinals of the 2004 NCAA tournament.^[4]

Stanford

Smith was subsequently hired by Tara VanDerveer, under whom she played at Stanford, as an assistant for the Cardinal. In Smith's three years on VanDerveer's staff, the Cardinal went 87−16 overall, attaining a record of 49−5 in Pac-10 play, while winning two conference tournaments and making the Elite 8 twice.^[4]

California

Smith joined Joanne Boyle's coaching staff at California in 2007. The Golden Bears won the 2010 WNIT and made postseason appearances in all of Boyle's remaining years as coach.

Smith remained on the California staff when Lindsay Gottlieb was named head coach in 2011. For the 2012−13 season, Gottlieb promoted Smith to associate head coach, helping to lead a team with high expectations coming off a second round NCAA tournament appearance in 2011−12.^[5]^[6] That year, California went 32–4 (17–1 in the Pac-10) and made their first ever Final Four appearance.

New York Liberty

On April 2, 2019, Smith joined Katie Smith's staff with the New York Liberty as an assistant coach.^[7] She served in that capacity for roughly two and a half months.

Return to California as head coach

Following Lindsay Gottlieb's departure for the Cleveland Cavaliers nine days earlier, Smith returned to California on June 21, 2019, being announced as the 10th head coach in California Golden Bears history.^[1] She departed New York with Katie Smith's blessing.^[8]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
California Golden Bears (Pac-12 Conference)(2019–present)
2019–20	California	12–19	3–15	12th
2020–21	California	1–16	1–12	12th
2021–22	California	11–13	2–10	11th
2022–23	California	13–17	4–14	T–10th
2023–24	California	19–15	7–11	T–8th	WBIT Second Round
California:		56–80 (.412)	17–62 (.215)
Total:		56–80 (.412)
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

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References

1 2 3 "Charmin Smith Named Women's Basketball Coach". California Golden Bears. June 21, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
↑ Charmin Smith Archived October 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
↑ "Charmin Smith College Stats". Sports-Reference . Retrieved April 11, 2024.
1 2 "Charmin Smith Bio - The University of California Official Athletic Si…". archive.is. 2013-04-10. Archived from the original on 2013-04-10. Retrieved 2021-05-29.
↑ "Charmin Smith Promoted to Associate head coach". Archived from the original on October 28, 2012.
↑ Cal Tabbed No. 13 in AP Preseason Poll Archived 2013-02-15 at archive.today
↑ "NY Liberty hires Cal associate coach Charmin Smith as an assistant". Hoopfeed.com. April 2, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019.
↑ "Charmin Smith New Women's Basketball Head Coach". Bear Insider. June 21, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019.

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[Charmin_Smith_named_head_coach-1] 1 2 3 "Charmin Smith Named Women's Basketball Coach". California Golden Bears. June 21, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019.

[2] Charmin Smith Archived October 14, 2011, at the Wayback Machine

[3] "Charmin Smith College Stats". Sports-Reference . Retrieved April 11, 2024.

[Charmin_Smith_coaching_history-4] 1 2 "Charmin Smith Bio - The University of California Official Athletic Si…". archive.is. 2013-04-10. Archived from the original on 2013-04-10. Retrieved 2021-05-29.

[5] "Charmin Smith Promoted to Associate head coach". Archived from the original on October 28, 2012.

[6] Cal Tabbed No. 13 in AP Preseason Poll Archived 2013-02-15 at archive.today

[7] "NY Liberty hires Cal associate coach Charmin Smith as an assistant". Hoopfeed.com. April 2, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019.

[8] "Charmin Smith New Women's Basketball Head Coach". Bear Insider. June 21, 2019. Retrieved June 21, 2019.

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