Byron Smith
Smith with Prairie View A&M in 2020
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamPrairie View A&M
ConferenceSWAC
Record103–101 (.505)
Biographical details
Born (1969-09-26) September 26, 1969 (age 54)
Bossier City, Louisiana, U.S.
Playing career
1987–1988Northwestern State
1988–1989Tyler JC
1989–1991Houston
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1998–2000Houston (assistant)
2000–2001Texas Southern (assistant)
2001–2002McLennan CC (assistant)
2002–2003Harlem Globetrotters
2007–2009Texas A&M (assistant)
2009–2010Texas Southern (assistant)
2013–2016Prairie View A&M (assistant)
2016–presentPrairie View A&M
Head coaching record
Overall103–101 (.505)
Tournaments0–1 (NCAA Division I)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
SWAC tournament (2019)
3 SWAC regular season (2019–2021)
Awards
3× SWAC Coach of the Year (2019–2021)
Hugh Durham Award (2021)

Byron Smith (born September 26, 1969) is an American college basketball coach, currently head coach at Prairie View A&M.[1][2]

Playing career

Smith 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

Smith 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

NCAA DI

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Prairie View A&M (SWAC) (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 14–4 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 5–7 0-0
Prairie View A&M: 116–119 (.494) 89-43 (.674)

‡ Rimm II resigned 1/26/16; Smith coached rest of season.

Total: 116–119 (.494)

      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

References

  1. ^ "Prairie View A&M Panther Athletics - 2016-17 Men's Basketball Coaching Staff".
  2. ^ "Byron Smith Coaching Record - College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com".
  3. ^ "A&M men's coach Turgeon adds assistant to staff".
  4. ^ "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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