As coach: Charlotte Smith (born August 23, 1973)[1] is a retired American professional women's basketball player for the Charlotte Sting, Washington Mystics and Indiana Fever in the WNBA, and for the Colorado Xplosion and San Jose Lasers in the ABL.

As a freshman, she was selected as women's basketball Rookie of the Year for the Atlantic Coast Conference.

She was named Most Outstanding Player of the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship in 1994 when she hit the championship-winning shot for the Tar Heels at the buzzer.

In 1996, Smith was selected by the Colorado Xplosion in the third round of the initial draft held by the newly formed ABL.

Following the ABL's cessation of operations in 1999, Smith participated in the 1999 WNBA Draft, where the Charlotte Sting chose her with the 33rd overall pick.

[4] Smith represented the US at the 1995 World University Games held in Fukuoka, Japan in August and September 1995.

The USA broke the game open in the second half and won 101–74, with Smith recording a double-double with 14 points, 14 rebounds along with seven assists.

The USA took a small lead in the second half, but the team from Italy responded with a ten-point run, and won the game and the gold medal by a score of 73–65.

Smith would help lead the Tar Heels to four straight number one seeds in the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship from 2005 to 2008.

In her first season leading the Phoenix, she set a new school record for wins by a first-year head coach.