Nevada Smith (basketball)

Nevada Smith
Current position
TitleHead Coach
TeamSiena
ConferenceMAAC
Biographical details
Born (1981-06-20) June 20, 1981
Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, U.S.
EducationBethany (WV) ('02)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2002–2004St. Lawrence (assistant)
2004–2005SUNY Canton
2005–2006Allegheny (assistant)
2006–2011Ithaca (assistant)
2011–2013Keystone
2013–2015Rio Grande Valley Vipers
2016–2019Sioux Falls Skyforce
2023–2026Marquette (assistant)
2026–presentSiena
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2020–2021Texas (Director of Program Development)
2021–2023Marquette (Special Assistant to the Head Coach)

Nevada Smith (born June 20, 1981) is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head coach at Siena University. He has previously held coaching positions at the collegiate and professional levels.

Playing career

Smith played collegiately at Bethany College, scoring 1,255 points during his four-year tenure (1998–2002), good for a fifth place on the school's all-time scoring list. As a junior, he ranked first in the nation in three-pointers per game, he hit a total of 313 shots from long range during his college career, which ranked him 13th among all NCAA Division 3 players.[1] After graduating with a degree in sports management from Bethany College in 2002, he pursued a master's degree, which he earned from St. Lawrence University in 2004.[2]

Coaching career

Division III (2002–2013)

Smith served as assistant coach at St. Lawrence from 2002 to 2004 and was named head coach at State University of New York at Canton for the 2004–05 campaign. In 2005–06, Smith was an assistant coach and head junior varsity coach at Allegheny College. From 2006 to 2011, he served as assistant coach at Ithaca College[3] and took over the head coaching job at Keystone College in 2011.[1]

G League (2013–2019)

He left Keystone for the NBA D-League in 2013, taking over as head coach of the Rio Grande Valley Vipers.[4] During his two-year tenure, he guided the Vipers to a 57–43 record.[2]

In 2016, Smith returned as a head coach of another D-League team, the Sioux Falls Skyforce.[5] He spent three seasons with the Miami Heat's affiliate, earning a 78–72 record and no playoff appearances.[6]

Assistant to Shaka Smart (2020–2026)

In September 2020, Smith was named Director of Program Development for the Texas Longhorns.[7]

When Texas head coach Shaka Smart took the head coaching position at Marquette University, Smith followed. He served as Special Assistant to the Head Coach at Marquette for two years before being named a full-time assistant coach in 2023.[8]

Siena (2026–present)

On April 1, 2026, it was announced that Smith would be the next head men's basketball coach at Siena University.[9]

Head coaching record

Record table
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Siena Saints (Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference) (2026–present)
2026–27 Siena 0–00–0
Siena: 0–0 (–)0–0 (–)
Total:0–0 (–)

      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. 1 2 "Keystone tabs Nevada Smith for basketball post". Keystone College. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Basketball Operations - Sioux Falls Skyforce". Sioux Falls Skyforce. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Ithaca College Athletics". athletics.ithaca.edu. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  4. ↑ "Rio Grande Valley Vipers hire Nevada Smith to be the next head coach". Space City Scoop. October 21, 2013. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Nevada Smith Named Skyforce Head Coach | Miami Heat". Miami Heat. Retrieved May 21, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Heat announces promotions for Adam Simon, Eric Glass, Eric Amsler. Glass to coach Skyforce". Miami Herald. July 26, 2019.
  7. ↑ Eberts, Wescott (September 28, 2020). "Texas basketball announces support staff hires". Burnt Orange Nation. Retrieved October 30, 2020.
  8. ↑ "Nevada Smith - Men's Basketball Coach". Marquette University Athletics. Retrieved November 11, 2023.
  9. ↑ Singelais, Mark (April 1, 2026). "Siena Hires Nevada Smith as Men's Basketball Coach to Replace Gerry McNamara". Albany Times-Union. Retrieved June 24, 2026.
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