Craig Smith (basketball, born 1972)

Craig Smith
Sport(s)	Basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	South Dakota
Conference	The Summit League
Record	31–34 (.477)
Biographical details
Born	December 14, 1972 (age 52)
Alma mater	North Dakota
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996–1997	Mayville State (asst.)
1997–1998	Northern State (GA)
1998–2001	Minot State (asst.)
2001–2004	North Dakota State (DBO/asst.)
2004–2007	Mayville State
2007–2012	Colorado State (asst.)
2012–2014	Nebraska (asst.)
2014–present	South Dakota
Head coaching record
Overall	31–34 (.477)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
	NAIA Division II Coach of the Year (2007)

Craig Smith is an American college basketball coach, currently the head coach for the University of South Dakota.^[1] Smith is a member of Tim Miles' coaching tree,^[2] having served as an assistant for Miles at four schools – Mayville State, North Dakota State, Colorado State and Nebraska.^[3] Along with his long association with Miles, Smith was a highly-successful head coach at Mayville State from 2004 to 2007. His teams went 72–29 and in 2007 he was named the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Division II Coach of the Year.^[4]

Achievements

In 2007, led 13th seeded Mayville State to the championship game of the NAIA tournament and won NAIA coach of the year honors.

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
South Dakota Coyotes (Summit League) (2014–present)
2014–15	South Dakota	17–16	9–7	T–4th
2015–16	South Dakota	14–18	5–11	8th
South Dakota:		31–34 (.477)	14–18 (.333)
Total:		31–34 (.477)
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

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