Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Stanford |
Conference | ACC |
Record | 0–0 (–) |
Biographical details | |
Born | El Paso, Texas, U.S. | June 26, 1969
Playing career | |
1987–1991 | Hamilton |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1992–2000 | San Diego (assistant) |
2000–2001 | Air Force (assistant) |
2001–2010 | Saint Mary's (assistant) |
2010–2016 | Columbia |
2016–2019 | San Francisco |
2019–2024 | Washington State |
2024–present | Stanford |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 258–193 (.572) |
Tournaments | 1–1 (NCAA Division I) 3–2 (NIT) 4–3 (CBI) 6–1 (CIT) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Awards | |
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Kyle Andrew Smith (born June 15, 1969) is an American college basketball coach who is the men's head coach for the Stanford Cardinal of the Pac-12 Conference. Prior to joining the Cardinal, Smith was the head coach at Columbia University, the University of San Francisco, and Washington State University. In his final season at Columbia, he led the team to a CIT Championship over UC Irvine. His coaching style has been dubbed “Nerdball”, which is a system that utilizes analytics to track and make decisions on many aspects about the team. [1]
Smith was born in El Paso, Texas, and raised on the Fort Bliss Army base. He played basketball at Alief Hastings High School in Houston, [2] and graduated in 1988. [3]
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. [4] He also shot 51.3 percent from three-point range, which still stands as a Hamilton single-season record. [5] 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." [6] Smith has a master's degree in educational leadership from the University of San Diego.
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 over 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 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 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).
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 an 81–20 record over the last three seasons.
Kyle Smith was named as the head coach of University of San Francisco, on March 30, 2016. [7] Smith led the Dons for three seasons, winning at least 20 games in each season and making two postseason appearances. At the conclusion of the 2018–2019 season, Smith left USF to take the head coaching job at Washington State.
On March 27, 2019, Smith was named as the 19th head coach of Washington State, agreeing to a six-year contract worth $1.4 million annually. He was formally introduced at a press conference on April 1, 2019. In his first season at Washington State, Smith led the Cougars to a 6–12 conference record(16–16 overall), their best since 2011–12. In the first round of the Pac-12 tournament, Washington State beat Colorado, their first win in the conference tournament in over 10 years. In September 2021, Smith signed a contract extension through the 2026–27 season.
During the 2021–22 season, Smith led the Cougars to their first winning record in conference play (11–9) in 14 years (2007–08). The Cougars followed up their regular season success with a win in the Pac-12 tournament before losing to eventual runner-up UCLA. Following that, an NIT berth as a No. 4 seed gave the Cougs their first postseason bout in 11 years. Their first round win against Santa Clara (63–50) notched their first 20-win season since 2010–11.
On March 25, 2024, Smith was named the head coach at Stanford. [8] The upcoming 2024–2025 season will be the university's first as part of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Columbia Lions (Ivy League)(2010–2016) | |||||||||
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 (.440) | |||||||
San Francisco Dons (West Coast Conference)(2016–2019) | |||||||||
2016–17 | San Francisco | 20–13 | 10–8 | T–4th | CBI First Round | ||||
2017–18 | San Francisco | 22–17 | 9–9 | T–4th | CBI Runner-Up | ||||
2018–19 | San Francisco | 21–10 | 9–7 | 4th | |||||
San Francisco: | 63–40 (.612) | 28–24 (.538) | |||||||
Washington State Cougars (Pac-12 Conference)(2019–2024) | |||||||||
2019–20 | Washington State | 16–16 | 6–12 | 11th | |||||
2020–21 | Washington State | 14–13 | 7–12 | 10th | |||||
2021–22 | Washington State | 22–15 | 11–9 | T–5th | NIT Semifinals | ||||
2022–23 | Washington State | 17–17 | 11–9 | T–5th | NIT First Round | ||||
2023–24 | Washington State | 25–10 | 14–6 | 2nd | NCAA Division I Round of 32 | ||||
Washington State: | 94–71 (.570) | 49–48 (.505) | |||||||
Stanford Cardinal (Atlantic Coast Conference)(2024–present) | |||||||||
2024–25 | Stanford | – | – | ||||||
Stanford: | 0–0 (–) | 0–0 (–) | |||||||
Total: | 258–193 (.572) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
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Smith was born in El Paso, Texas and raised on the nearby Fort Bliss Army base. He played basketball...at Alief Hastings H.S. in Houston
Smith prepped at Alief Hastings High School (1988 graduate)