Steve Smith (basketball coach)

Steve Smith is an American head coach for the basketball elite Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson, Virginia.^[1]

He is a 1977 graduate of Asbury College, 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 three times (1994, 1999, 2004). He has more than 750 wins in twenty-five years of coaching at Oak Hill.^[2] Coach Smith’s Oak Hill Warriors have been crowned "National High School Champions" seven times (1993, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007).^[2] He has coached twenty-three McDonalds All Americans and has had seventeen former players drafted by the NBA.

Notable players under Smith at Oak Hill

Carmelo Anthony, played at Syracuse University and currently with the NBA's New York Knicks.
William Avery, played at Duke University
Michael Beasley, (transferred to Notre Dame Prep) played at Kansas State University and currently with the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves.^[1]
Steve Blake, played at the University of Maryland and currently with the NBA's Los Angeles Lakers
DeSagana Diop, currently with the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats
Kevin Durant, (transferred to Montrose Christian School) played at University of Texas and currently with the NBA's Oklahoma City Thunder^[1]
Billy Edelin, played at Syracuse University
Jamont Gordon, played at Mississippi State University
Stephen Jackson, currently with the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks^[1]
Ty Lawson, played at the University of North Carolina and currently with the NBA's Denver Nuggets^[1]
Alex Legion, formerly at the University of Illinois and the University of Kentucky
Jeff McInnis, played at the University of North Carolina and with the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats^[1]
Ron Mercer, played at the University of Kentucky and currently retired from the NBA
Rajon Rondo, played at the University of Kentucky and currently with the NBA's Boston Celtics^[1]
Josh Smith, currently with the NBA's Atlanta Hawks
Jerry Stackhouse, played at the University of North Carolina and currently a free agent
Marcus Williams, played at the University of Connecticut and currently with the NBA's Memphis Grizzlies^[1]
Jules Camara, former player at the University of Kentucky
Cliff Hawkins, former player at the University of Kentucky
Nolan Smith, former player at Duke University and currently with the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Calle, Franklyn (10 June 2009). "At The Top of the Hill". SLAM ONLINE. http://www.slamonline.com/online/college-hs/high-school/2009/06/at-the-top-of-the-hill/. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
^ ^a ^b "Coach Steve Smith Named Naismith High School Coach of the Year". Oak Hill Basketball. 12 March 2009. http://www.oakhillhoops.com/2009/03/coach-steve-smith-named-naismith-high-school-coach-of-the-year/. Retrieved 7 October 2010.

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