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Shaka Dingani Smart (born April 8, 1977) is an American men's college basketball coach and former college basketball player. He is the current head men's basketball coach at Marquette University. He married his wife Maya Payne Smart in 2006 and had his daughter Zora in 2011.
Shaka Smart was voted the AP men's basketball coach of the year after leading Marquette to regular-season and Big East Tournament titles. He received 24 of 58 votes from a national panel to beat out Kansas State coach Jerome Tang, who had 13 votes, and Kelvin Sampson of Houston, who received 10.
Smart earned the Fritz Pollard and Clarence Gaines National Coach of the Year Awards. In his first year with the Rams, Smart paced VCU to a 27-9 overall record, including an 11-7 mark in the CAA, and the College Basketball Invitational (CBI) championship.
Marquette's Shaka Smart garnered 24 of 58 votes to edge Kansas State's Jerome Tang and Houston's Kelvin Sampson for AP men's coach of the year honors.
Shaka Smart has Marquette back in the NCAA Tournament Sweet 16. Here's what to know about the Golden Eagles coach. How sweet it is for Marquette fans to have Shaka Smart as their men's...
Shaka Smart spent six seasons at Texas before becoming Marquette's coach. Here's what you need to know about why Smart left Texas for the Golden Eagles bench.
Smart is quite simply best equipped to coach players with some natural serration, who have the requisite ability but who also might not be gem-mint out of the packaging.
Golden Eagles coach Shaka Smart has agreed to a contract extension through the 2030 season, Marquette’s athletic department announced in a Tuesday afternoon release. The deal adds three seasons...
Shaka Smart got emotional postgame with Andy Katz after Marquette punched its ticket to the Sweet 16. Here's what he had to say:
First year Marquette coach Shaka Smart checked in at No. 3 on March Madness correspondent Andy Katz's top-10 rankings of new men's basketball head coaches, as the Golden Eagles are off to a 15-7...