Byron Smith (born September 26, 1969) is an American college basketball coach, currently head coach at Prairie View A&M.[1][2]
.jpg) Smith with Prairie View A&M in 2020 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Prairie View A&M |
| Conference | SWAC |
| Record | 123–134 (.479) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | September 26, 1969 Bossier City, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1987–1988 | Northwestern State |
| 1988–1989 | Tyler JC |
| 1989–1991 | Houston |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1998–2000 | Houston (assistant) |
| 2000–2001 | Texas Southern (assistant) |
| 2001–2002 | McLennan CC (assistant) |
| 2002–2003 | Harlem Globetrotters |
| 2007–2009 | Texas A&M (assistant) |
| 2009–2010 | Texas Southern (assistant) |
| 2013–2016 | Prairie View A&M (assistant) |
| 2016–present | Prairie View A&M |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 123–134 (.479) |
| Tournaments | 0–1 (NCAA Division I) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| SWAC tournament (2019) 3 SWAC regular season (2019–2021) | |
| Awards | |
| Hugh Durham Award (2021) 3× SWAC Coach of the Year (2019–2021) | |
Playing career
editSmith started off his college career at Northwestern State for one season before transferring to Tyler Junior College, then completing his collegiate career at Houston under Pat Foster, where he was a two-time All-Southwest Conference selection.
After graduation, Smith played professionally in Australia, Turkey, and Greece.
Coaching career
editSmith returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach under Clyde Drexler from 1998 to 2000, before joining the staff at Texas Southern for one season. After a one-year assistant coaching stop at McLennan Community College, Smith became the head coach of the Harlem Globetrotters from 2002 to 2003. After his time with the Globetrotters, Smith coached AAU basketball and ran basketball skills camps in the Houston area.
In 2007, Smith returned to the collegiate coaching ranks joining Mark Turgeon's staff at Texas A&M for two seasons, followed by another one-year stint at Texas Southern.[3] He was named an assistant coach at Prairie View A&M under Byron Rimm II. When Rimm resigned on January 26, 2016, Smith was elevated to the interim head coaching position, and subsequently was named the permanent head coach at the conclusion of the season.[4]
Head coaching record
editNCAA DI
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prairie View A&M Panthers (Southwestern Athletic Conference) (2016–present) | |||||||||
| 2015–16 | Prairie View A&M | 6–6‡ | 6–5 | 6th | |||||
| 2016–17 | Prairie View A&M | 13–20 | 10–8 | T–3rd | |||||
| 2017–18 | Prairie View A&M | 16–18 | 12–6 | T–2nd | |||||
| 2018–19 | Prairie View A&M | 22–13 | 17–1 | 1st | NCAA Division I First Four | ||||
| 2019–20 | Prairie View A&M | 19–13 | 14–4 | 1st | No postseason held | ||||
| 2020–21 | Prairie View A&M | 16–5 | 13–0 | T–1st | |||||
| 2021–22 | Prairie View A&M | 8–19 | 8–10 | 8th | |||||
| 2022–23 | Prairie View A&M | 13–19 | 9–9 | 6th | |||||
| 2023–24 | Prairie View A&M | 10–21 | 5–13 | 10th | |||||
| Prairie View A&M: | 123–134 (.479) | 94–56 (.627) |
‡ Rimm II resigned 1/26/16; Smith coached rest of season. | ||||||
| Total: | 123–134 (.479) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ "Prairie View A&M Panther Athletics - 2016-17 Men's Basketball Coaching Staff".
- ^ "Byron Smith Coaching Record - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com".
- ^ "A&M men's coach Turgeon adds assistant to staff".
- ^ "Rimm Resigns As Head Men's Basketball Coach, Smith Named Interim : PVAMU News". Archived from the original on 2017-04-20. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
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