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Byron Smith is an American college basketball coach and current head coach at Prairie View A&M.

Playing career

Smith started off his college career at Northwestern State for one season before transferring to Tyler Junior College, then completing his collegiate career at Houston under Pat Foster, where he was a two-time All-Southwest Conference selection.

After graduation, Smith played professionally in Australia, Turkey, and Greece.

Coaching career

Smith returned to his alma mater as an assistant coach under Clyde Drexler from 1998 to 2000, before joining the staff at Texas Southern for one season. After a one-year assistant coaching stop at McLennan Community College, Smith became the head coach of the Harlem Globetrotters from 2002 to 2003. After his time with the Globetrotters, Smith coached AAU basketball and ran basketball skills camps in the Houston area.

In 2007, Smith returned to the collegiate coaching ranks joining Mark Turgeon's staff at Texas A&M for two seasons, followed by another one-year stint at Texas Southern. He was named an assistant coach at Prairie View A&M under Byron Rimm II. When Rimm resigned on January 26, 2016, Smith was elevated to the interim head coaching position, and subsequently was named the permanent head coach at the conclusion of the season.

Head coaching record

NCAA DI

SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Prairie View A&M (SWAC) (2016–present)
2015–16Prairie View A&M6-66-56th
2016–17Prairie View A&M13-2010-8T-3rd
2017–18Prairie View A&M0-00-0
Prairie View A&M:19–26 (.422)16–13 (.552)

Rimm II resigned 1/26/16; Smith coached rest of season.

Total:19–26 (.422)

      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

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