Current position | |
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Title | Director of Player Development |
Team | UMass |
Conference | Atlantic 10 |
Playing career | |
1992–1996 | Rhode Island |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1996–1999 | Rhode Island (assistant) |
1999 | Rhode Island (interim HC) |
1999–2002 | Penn (assistant) |
2002–2024 | Cornell |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
2024–present | UMass (Women's Basketball Director of Player Development) |
Dayna Smith is an American basketball player and coach who is currently the director of player development for the UMass Minutewomen basketball team. [1] She previously was the head coach of the Cornell Big Red women's basketball team for 22 seasons from 2002 until 2024. [2]
She was dismissed following a disappointing 2023–24 season where the team was tied for last-place in Ivy League standings. [3] During her tenure at Cornell, the women's basketball team won one regular season conference championship and qualified for one NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, both in 2008. [4]
On September 5, 2024, Smith was hired as director of player development for the UMass Minutewomen basketball team. [5]