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American basketball player and coach

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Keith Smart

Smart as head coach of the Golden State Warriors in 2011
Personal information
Born (1964-09-21) September 21, 1964 (age 60)Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S.
Listed height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Listed weight 175 lb (79 kg)
Career information
High school McKinley (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
College Garden City CC (1984–1986) Indiana (1986–1988)
NBA draft 1988: 2nd round, 41st overall pick
Selected by the Golden State Warriors
Playing career 1988–1997
Position Point guard
Number 3
Coaching career 1997–present
Career history
As player:
1988 San Antonio Spurs
1989 San Miguel Beermen
1989 Worcester Counts
1990 Youngstown Pride
1991 Halifax Windjammers
1993 Bravo de Lara
1994 Cambrais Basket
1995 Trotamundos de Carabobo
1995–1996 Florida Beachdogs
1996–1997 Fort Wayne Fury
As coach:
1997–2000 Fort Wayne Fury
2000–2003 Cleveland Cavaliers (assistant)
2003 Cleveland Cavaliers
2003–2010 Golden State Warriors (assistant)
2010–2011 Golden State Warriors
2011–2012 Sacramento Kings (assistant)
2011–2013 Sacramento Kings
2014–2016 Miami Heat (assistant)
2016–2018 Memphis Grizzlies (assistant)
2018–2019 New York Knicks (assistant)
2021–2024 Arkansas (assistant)
Career highlights and awards
As player: WBL champion (1990) NCAA champion (1987) NCAA final Four Most Outstanding Player (1987)
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Stats at Basketball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Medals Men's basketball Representing United States Pan American Games Silver medal – second place 1987 Indianapolis Team competition

Jonathan Keith Smart (born September 21, 1964) is an American collegiate basketball coach and former player.

He is perhaps best remembered for hitting the game-winning shot in the 1987 NCAA championship game that gave the Indiana Hoosiers a 74–73 victory over the Syracuse Orangemen.[1] He had transferred to Indiana from Garden City Community College in Kansas where he was a two-year standout and Jayhawk Conference Player of the Year.[2]

After two seasons at Indiana, Smart was signed by the San Antonio Spurs, with whom he played two games in the 1988–89 season. In 12 minutes, Smart scored two points and had two assists and one rebound. Smart later played in the Philippines, with the San Miguel Beermen of the PBA, in the 1989 Reinforced Conference, where he played through an injury and was eventually replaced by Ennis Whatley after only five games.[3] After the PBA, he played in the World Basketball League: first with the Worcester Counts in 1989.[4] He then played for the Youngstown Pride and was traded to the Halifax Windjammers in March 1991.[5] Smart later played in the Continental Basketball Association with the Rapid City Thrillers (1995–96) and Fort Wayne Fury (1996–97).[6] He also played two seasons in France, and one in Venezuela.[2]

In 2002, Smart finished the season as interim coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers. His record was 9–31 with the club. In 2003, he became an assistant with the Golden State Warriors.

In 2010, Smart took over for Golden State Warriors head coach Don Nelson before the start of the 2010-11 training camp.[7]

The Warriors fired Smart on April 27, 2011, following a 36 win season, a 10-game improvement from the previous season.[8][9] He joined the Sacramento Kings as an assistant coach in November 2011.[10] On January 5, 2012, the Kings named Smart head coach after firing Paul Westphal.[11] He recorded a 48–93 record over parts of two seasons with the team. On May 31, 2013, the Kings fired Smart with one year remaining on his contract.[12][13]On September 17, 2014, the Miami Heat announced they had hired Smart as an assistant coach.

On December 6, 2019, Smart was fired by the New York Knicks.[14]

On May 12, 2021, Smart was announced as Assistant Coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks under Head Coach Eric Musselman.[15]On January 15, 2022, Smart served one game as the Arkansas interim coach while Musselman was out with shoulder surgery. Smart led the unranked Razorbacks to a thrilling 65–58 victory over No. 12 LSU in Baton Rouge.[16]

Smart and his wife Carol have two children.[17] His son Jared is currently a wide receiver for the University of Hawaii.[18]

Head coaching record

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Legend

Regular season G Games coached W Games won L Games lost W–L % Win–loss %
Playoffs PG Playoff games PW Playoff wins PL Playoff losses PW–L % Playoff win–loss %
  1. ^ Keith Smart's last-gasp basket propelled Indiana to a - 04.06.87 - SI Vault
  2. ^ a b "Keith Smart". NBA. Archived from the original on August 17, 2011. Retrieved July 13, 2011.
  3. ^ "Grand-slam Beermen roll out barrel". Philippine Daily Inquirer. December 9, 2010. p. W-9.
  4. ^ Yantz, Tom (August 5, 1989). "World Basketball League Provides Players a Possible Shortcut to NBA". Hartford Courant. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
  5. ^ "Transactions". Baltimore Sun. March 21, 1991. Archived from the original on October 1, 2012. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
  6. ^ Lebowitz, Larry (November 15, 1996). "Beachdogs A Team On The Move". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Archived from the original on July 20, 2012. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
  7. ^ "Smart seeks to add defensive mindset to Warriors' rapid pace". NBA.com. September 27, 2010. Archived from the original on October 2, 2010. Retrieved September 27, 2010.
  8. ^ https://sports.yahoo.com/nba/news;_ylt=AvScJY9DZKcTtyPhYb9tVHo5nYcB?slug=ap-warriors-smartout [_dead link_]
  9. ^ "Smart gets another shot, this time as Kings coach". Associated Press. January 6, 2012. Archived from the original on January 31, 2012.
  10. ^ Keith Smart, Bobby Jackson join Kings
  11. ^ "Sacramento Kings fire Paul Westphal". espn.com. January 5, 2012. Retrieved January 5, 2012.
  12. ^ "Sale of Kings officially done". ESPN.com. Associated Press. May 31, 2013. Retrieved June 1, 2013.
  13. ^ "KEITH SMART RELIEVED OF HEAD COACHING DUTIES". NBA.com. May 31, 2013. Retrieved May 31, 2013.
  14. ^ "New York Knicks fire David Fizdale and Keith Smart, promote Mike Miller to interim head coach". December 6, 2019.
  15. ^ "Keith Smart Joins Men's Basketball Staff". May 12, 2021.
  16. ^ "Arkansas stuns No. 12 LSU without coach Eric Musselman as Razorbacks rally late to get big road upset". January 16, 2022.
  17. ^ Winderman, Ira (January 11, 2016). "Heat assistant coach Keith Smart returns from rare skin cancer". South Florida Sun Sentinel. Retrieved July 19, 2020.
  18. ^ "'Never in doubt', Years of hard work has led Jared Smart to Hawai'i to live out his college football dream". KHON2 News. August 15, 2019. Retrieved July 19, 2020.