David Smart

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David Smart (born Kingston, Ontario in 1966) is a Canadian basketball coach.

David Smart grew up in Kingston and Ottawa, and attended Carleton University and Queen's University. He graduated from Queen's in 1994 with a degree in Sociology, and played three seasons of varsity basketball for the Queen's Golden Gaels, setting all-time school records for highest points per game career average (26.6) and highest single-game scoring mark (43 points). His career average is one of the highest ever recorded in Canadian university basketball. In the 1992-93 season, Smart became the only Queen's player ever to lead Canada in scoring average, with an average of 29.4 points per game. He was selected a first team Ontario University Athletics All-Star in all three of his Queen's seasons. Smart coached extensively at the high school and club levels, before attending university, and again as a university student.

He was hired as Head basketball coach at Carleton for the 1999-2000 season, after serving for two seasons as an assistant coach under Paul Armstrong. Smart led the Carleton Ravens to five consecutive Canadian Interuniversity Sport national championships, from 2003 to 2007 inclusive. The Ravens' five-year championship streak was broken in 2008 when were upset 82-80 in the CIS semifinals by the Acadia Axemen; the Ravens, seeded first, had been 32-0 against Canadian teams. In the 2003 and 2005 seasons, Smart was awarded the Stewart W. Aberdeen Memorial Trophy, as the top men's basketball coach in the CIS. He has won more than 85 per cent of his games against Canadian university opponents since 1999. He led the Ravens to a new Canadian men's record of 88 consecutive wins in league and playoff games, from 2002-2005. Smart is also currently an assistant coach with the Canadian national men's basketball team, serving under former NBA player Leo Rautins.