Steve Smith (basketball coach)
Steve Smith is an American head coach for the basketball team at Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia.[1]
He is a 1977 graduate of Asbury College,[2] a four-year Christian liberal arts college located in Wilmore, Kentucky, and holds an M.S. degree from Eastern Kentucky University. Coach Smith has been named USA Today National Coach of the Year four times (1994, 1999, 2004, 2012).[3] Coach Smith’s Oak Hill Warriors have been crowned "National High School Champions" Nine times (1993, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2016).[3] He has coached twenty-eight McDonalds All Americans and has had seventeen former players drafted by the NBA.
Notable players under Smith at Oak Hill
- Carmelo Anthony, played at Syracuse University and currently with the NBA's New York Knicks.
- William Avery, played at Duke University
- Michael Beasley, (transferred to Notre Dame Prep) played at Kansas State University and currently with the NBA's Houston Rockets.[1]
- Steve Blake, played at the University of Maryland and currently with the NBA's Detroit Pistons
- DeSagana Diop, currently retired
- Kevin Durant, (transferred to Montrose Christian School) played at University of Texas and currently with the NBA's Golden State Warriors[1]
- Billy Edelin, played at Syracuse University
- Jamont Gordon, played at Mississippi State University
- Stephen Jackson, currently retired
- Ty Lawson, played at the University of North Carolina and currently with the NBA's Sacramento Kings[1]
- Alex Legion, formerly at the University of Illinois and the University of Kentucky
- Jeff McInnis, played at the University of North Carolina and with the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats[1]
- Ron Mercer, played at the University of Kentucky and currently retired from the NBA
- Rajon Rondo, played at the University of Kentucky and currently with the NBA's Chicago Bulls[1]
- Josh Smith, currently with the NBA's Houston Rockets
- Carlos Cofield, former player at University of Rhode Island
- Jerry Stackhouse, played at the University of North Carolina and currently retired from the NBA
- Marcus Williams, played at the University of Connecticut and currently with the CBA's Jiangsu Dragons[1]
- Jules Camara, former player at the University of Kentucky
- Cliff Hawkins, former player at the University of Kentucky
- Nolan Smith, former player at Duke University and currently with the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Calle, Franklyn (10 June 2009). "At The Top of the Hill". SLAM ONLINE. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
- ↑ "Mason County coach proud to beat Danville". Lexington Herald Leader. August 28, 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
- 1 2 "Coach Steve Smith Named Naismith High School Coach of the Year". Oak Hill Basketball. 12 March 2009. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
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