Smith joined the CPP staff in the summer of 2017, with experience at both the Division I and II levels, spending five seasons at PacWest's California Baptist University. During her time there, the Lancers were a 2017 NCAA Elite Eight participant, claimed back-to-back PacWest and West Region titles and in 2015, finished as runner-ups in the NCAA Championship tournament.
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Prior to CBU, Smith was an assistant coach and director of basketball operations at the University of California – Irvine where she helped with every aspect of the UCI women's basketball program from 2008-2011. During that span, UCI reached the Big West Conference Tournament three years in a row from 2009-2011.
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Before her coaching career, Smith was a Division I athlete at the University of Washington and at the University of Nevada – Las Vegas. As a Huskie, Smith was named Pac-10 All-Freshman Honorable Mention, earned a starting spot seven games into the season and led her team to an NIT tournament appearance.
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Transferring to UNLV after two seasons, Smith was named UNLV's Defensive Player of the Year her first year on the team. During the 2002-03 season, Smith was UNLV's Co-MVP, led the team in assists and steals, and was selected as the Mountain West Conference's Defensive Player of the Year.
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She graduated from UNLV with B.A. in Liberal Arts before earning her Master's in Kinesiology with an emphasis in sports management at Cal Baptist.
