Steve Smith (basketball coach)

Steve Smith is a retired 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 were crowned "National High School Champions" nine times (1993, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2016).[3] He has coached 32 McDonald's All-Americans and has had 34 former players go on to the NBA including 16 1st round picks.

Smith retired following the end of the 2021-22 high school basketball season. He retired with 1,231 career victories in 37 seasons at Oak Hill Academy.[4]

References

  1. ^ Calle, Franklyn (10 June 2009). "At The Top of the Hill". SLAM ONLINE. Archived from the original on 12 July 2010. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  2. ^ "Mason County coach proud to beat Danville". Lexington Herald Leader. August 28, 2009. Retrieved 10 April 2012.
  3. ^ a b "Coach Steve Smith Named Naismith High School Coach of the Year". Oak Hill Basketball. 12 March 2009. Archived from the original on 31 January 2013. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  4. ^ Hardwig, Greg. "GEICO Nationals: Longtime Oak Hill coach Steve Smith's career ends with loss to Link Academy". The News-Press. Retrieved 2023-03-01.