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Beverly "Bev" Smith (born April 4, 1960) is a Canadian basketball player and coach.
Smith played college basketball at theOregon Ducks, where she was named aWomen's Basketball Coaches AssociationAll-American in 1981 and 1982.[1] Her 2004 team made theNational Collegiate Athletic Associationtournament, after finishing 2nd in thePacific-10 Conference; that was her second 20-win season.[2] Oregon defeatedTexas Christian University to advance to the 2nd round. In 2016, Smith was named to the Pac-12 women's basketball all-century team.[3]
Smith ledCanada's national team to a medal in the1999 Pan American Games.[4] While playing at Oregon, the team had a record of 93–19. She held school records for points in a game (38), points in a season (632), points in a career (2,063), rebounds in a game (26), rebounds in a season (376), rebounds in a career (1,362), and assists in a career (443).[5]
Smith played in Italian clubsVicenza (1982-1985, 1989–1990) and Ferrara (1986-1988), winning three Italian championships and two European Cups.[6]
She was the women's basketball program head coach at the Oregon Ducks from 2001 to 2009, having succeeded controversial coach Jody Runge. She posted a Pac-10 conference record of 61-83 and an overall record of 123-121[2] The 2002 team won theWomen's National Invitation Tournament Championship. The 2005 team won a first-round game in the NCAA tournament.[7] The 2007 team received a bye in the WNIT and won a second-round game.
Later she became the assistant coach for the Canadian Women's National Team[4] and helped lead the team to back-to-back gold medals in 2015 at the Pan American Games in Toronto and the FIBA Americas in Edmonton, qualifying for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio.[8]
She is a member of the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame.[6] In 2004, Smith was elected to theWomen's Basketball Hall of Fame, located inKnoxville, Tennessee.[9]
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