Bev Smith
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Beverly "Bev" Smith(born April 4, 1960) is a Canadian basketball player and coach.
Smith played college basketball at theOregon Ducks,where she was named aWomen's Basketball Coaches AssociationAll-Americanin 1981 and 1982.[1]Her 2004 team made theNational Collegiate Athletic Associationtournament,after finishing 2nd in thePacific-10 Conference;that was her second 20-win season.[2]Oregon defeatedTexas Christian Universityto advance to the 2nd round. In 2016, Smith was named to the Pac-12 women's basketball all-century team.[3]
Smith ledCanada's national team to a medal in the1999 Pan American Games.[4]While playing at Oregon, the team had a record of 93–19. She held school records for points in a game (38), points in a season (632), points in a career (2,063), rebounds in a game (26), rebounds in a season (376), rebounds in a career (1,362), and assists in a career (443).[5]
Smith played in Italian clubsVicenza(1982-1985, 1989–1990) and Ferrara (1986-1988), winning three Italian championships and two European Cups.[6]
She was the women's basketball program head coach at the Oregon Ducks from 2001 to 2009, having succeeded controversial coach Jody Runge. She posted a Pac-10 conference record of 61-83 and an overall record of 123-121 [2]The 2002 team won theWomen's National Invitation TournamentChampionship. The 2005 team won a first-round game in the NCAA tournament.[7]The 2007 team received a bye in the WNIT and won a second-round game.
Later she became the assistant coach for the Canadian Women's National Team[4]and helped lead the team to back-to-back gold medals in 2015 at the Pan American Games in Toronto and the FIBA Americas in Edmonton, qualifying for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.[8]
She is a member of the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame.[6]In 2004, Smith was elected to theWomen's Basketball Hall of Fame,located inKnoxville, Tennessee.[9]
References
[edit]- ^"WBCA All-Americans: 1975-2015".espn.April 4, 2015.
- ^ab"Smith fired after eight seasons as UO coach".The Oregonian.March 6, 2009.
- ^"SMITH NAMED TO ALL-CENTURY TEAM".goducks.March 1, 2016.
- ^ab"Senior women's national team staff announced ahead of tryout".Canada Basketball.May 10, 2013.RetrievedAugust 17,2024.
- ^"Bev Smith - Women's Basketball Coach - University of Oregon Athletics".goducks.RetrievedMarch 19,2020.
- ^ab"Bev Smith. Team Canada - Official Olympic Team Website".olympic.ca.18 September 2011.RetrievedMarch 19,2020.
- ^"Bears Too Much for Ducks".Associated Press. March 21, 2005.
- ^Smith, Doug (March 1, 2016)."An honour like few others for Canadian hoops icon Bev Smith".Toronto Star.
- ^"Bev Smith - Women's Basketball Hall of Fame".WBHOF.RetrievedMarch 19,2020.
- 1960 births
- Living people
- All-American college women's basketball players
- Basketball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Basketball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Basketball people from British Columbia
- Canadian expatriate basketball people in Italy
- Canadian expatriate basketball people in the United States
- Canadian women's basketball coaches
- Canadian women's basketball players
- Olympic basketball players for Canada
- Oregon Ducks women's basketball coaches
- Oregon Ducks women's basketball players
- Canadian basketball biography stubs