Jay Smith (basketball)

Jay Steven Smith (born June 21, 1961), is an American college basketball coach. He currently is an assistant coach for the University of Detroit. He is the former head coach of Grand Valley State University (1996–97) and Central Michigan University (1997–2006). He has also been an assistant coach at Michigan. As a head coach, his career record is 118–166 (.415).

In 2000-01, Smith led the Chippewas to the Mid-American Conference title, the first since 1987. The Chippewas would go on to win another Mid-American Conference title (2002–03), and would go to the NCAA tournament. The tournament appearance would be their first since 1987. This time winning in the first round over #15 Creighton. Center Chris Kaman was awarded conference player of the year as well as Defensive player of the year for his efforts. This earned Kaman a 1st. round, 6th overall pick in the 2003 NBA draft, he was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers.

Smith scored a Michigan state record 2,841 points during his playing career at Mio Au Sable High School (1976–79).

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Grand Valley State () (1996–1997)
1996–1997	Grand Valley State	23–6
Central Michigan (Mid-American Conference) (1997–2006)
1997–1998	Central Michigan	5–21	3–15	6th (West)
1998–1999	Central Michigan	10–16	7–11	3rd (West)
1999–2000	Central Michigan	6–23	2–16	6th (West)
2000–2001	Central Michigan	20–8	14–4	1st (West)
2001–2002	Central Michigan	5–13	5th (West)
2002–2003	Central Michigan	25–7	14–4	1st (West)	NCAA Second round
2003–2004	Central Michigan	6–24	2–16	7th (West)
2004–2005	Central Michigan	10–18	4–14	7th (West)
2005–2006	Central Michigan	4–24	1–17	6th (West)
Central Michigan:		95–160
Total:		118–166
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

Central Michigan Chippewas men's basketball head coaches

No coach (1904–1907)
Charles Tambling (1907–1910)
Harry Helmer (1910–1916)
Blake Miller (1916–1917)
Charles Tambling (1917–1919)
Garland Nevitt (1919–1920)
Joe Simmons (1920–1921)
Wallace Parker (1921–1924)
Lester Barnard (1924–1926)
Wallace Parker (1926–1927)
Bourke Lodewyk (1927–1937)
Dan Rose (1937–1943)
Ron Finch (1943–1944)
L. M. Sweeney (1944–1946)
Dan Rose (1946–1954)
Ted Kjolhede (1954–1971)
Dick Parfitt (1971–1985)
Charlie Coles (1985–1991)
Keith Dambrot (1991–1993)
Leonard Drake (1993–1997)
Jay Smith (1997–2006)
Ernie Zeigler (2006–2012)
Keno Davis (2012– )

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