Sport(s) | Basketball |
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Current position | |
Title | Head coach |
Team | South Dakota |
Conference | Summit League |
Record | 53–46 (.535) |
Biographical details | |
Born | December 14, 1972 |
Alma mater | North Dakota |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1996–1997 | Mayville State (asst.) |
1997–1998 | Northern State (GA) |
1998–2001 | Minot State (asst.) |
2001–2004 | North Dakota State (DBO/asst.) |
2004–2007 | Mayville State |
2007–2012 | Colorado State (asst.) |
2012–2014 | Nebraska (asst.) |
2014–present | South Dakota |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 53–46 (.535) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Summit League regular season championship (2017) | |
Awards | |
NAIA Division II Coach of the Year (2007) Summit League Coach of the Year (2017) |
Craig Smith is an American college basketball coach, currently the head coach for University of South Dakota. Smith is a member of Tim Miles' coaching tree, having served as an assistant for Miles at four schools – Mayville State, North Dakota State, Colorado State and Nebraska. Along with his long association with Miles, Smith was a highly-successful head coach at Mayville State from 2004 to 2007. His teams went 72–29 and in 2007 he was named the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Division II Coach of the Year.
In 2007, led 13th seeded Mayville State to the championship game of the NAIA tournament and won NAIA coach of the year honors.
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