attended Cascia Hall Preparatory School while his father coached at the University of Tulsa.

[8] Smith graduated from Georgia in December 1999 with a degree in health and physical education.

[9] Completing his master's degree in sports management in 2002, Smith became an assistant coach at Tennessee Tech.

From 2004 to 2006, Smith was an assistant at Armstrong Atlantic State, then at Johns Hopkins for the 2006–07 season.

[10] He was subsequently hired by his father Tubby Smith as an assistant at High Point.