| Northwestern Wildcats | |||||||||||||||
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| Title | Assistant coach | ||||||||||||||
| League | Big Ten Conference | ||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
| Born | (1977-04-01)April 1, 1977 (age 48) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Listed weight | 158 lb (72 kg) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| High school | George Washington (Chicago, Illinois) | ||||||||||||||
| College | Iowa (1994–1998) | ||||||||||||||
| WNBA draft | 1998: 2nd round, 12th overall pick | ||||||||||||||
| Drafted by | Sacramento Monarchs | ||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1998–2012 | ||||||||||||||
| Position | Power forward /center | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 50, 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Coaching career | 2014–present | ||||||||||||||
| Career history | |||||||||||||||
Playing | |||||||||||||||
| 1998–2004 | Sacramento Monarchs | ||||||||||||||
| 2005–2006 | Charlotte Sting | ||||||||||||||
| 2007–2010 | Phoenix Mercury | ||||||||||||||
| 2011 | Indiana Fever | ||||||||||||||
| 2012 | San Antonio Stars | ||||||||||||||
Coaching | |||||||||||||||
| 2014–2018 | Western Michigan (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| 2018–present | Northwestern (assistant) | ||||||||||||||
| Career highlights | |||||||||||||||
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| Stats at WNBA.com | |||||||||||||||
Stats atBasketball Reference  | |||||||||||||||
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Tangela Nicole Smith (born April 1, 1977) is an American formerbasketball player in theWNBA. Smith played the bulk of her career for theSacramento Monarchs and thePhoenix Mercury where she won two WNBA Championships. She is currently an assistant coach for theNorthwestern Wildcats of theBig Ten Conference.
Born and raised inChicago, Illinois, Smith attendedGeorge Washington High School, where she was named a 1994 Kodak High School All-American. Smith was named a High School All-American by theWBCA.[1] She participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game in 1994, scoring three points.[2]
Smith graduated from theUniversity of Iowa in 1998. She won the 1998 Big Ten Player of the Year award. She was also a 1998 Kodak/WBCA All-America honorable mention and earned 1996 and 1998 All-Big Ten first team and 1997 All-Big Ten honorable mention accolades.
Smith competed withUSA Basketball as a member of the 1997Jones Cup Team that won the silver medal inTaipei. Several of the games were close, with the USA team winning four games by six points or fewer, including an overtime game in the semifinal match against Japan. The gold medal game against South Korea was also close, but the USA fell 76–71 to claim the silver medal for the event. Smith averaged 8.0 points per game.[3]
Smith was selected 12th overall in the1998 WNBA draft by theSacramento Monarchs. She played 6 seasons for the Monarchs, helping them reach the playoffs five times.
In 2005, she was traded to the Sting in exchange forNicole Powell. Charlotte folded following the 2006 season and Smith's rights were acquired by theMinnesota Lynx in the2007 dispersal draft.[4]
On draft day in April 2007, she was traded to thePhoenix Mercury for No. 1 overall pickLindsey Harding.[citation needed]
On Friday, 13 August 2010 she overtook Vickie Johnson and became the WNBA's all-time leader in games played with 411 in 13 seasons.[citation needed] During her time in the league she missed 15 games.[citation needed]
In the WNBA offseason in 1998–99, Smith was a professional basketball player inItaly,Israel,South Korea andTurkey. In 2001, she helped the Botasspor squad win the Turkish league crown. In 2002, she helped the Shinsegae Coolcats win the Korean league championship. Now she plays in the Hungarian Championship since February 2013, for the 2012 Champion Team, HAT-AGRO UNI Győr.
Tangela Smith began her coaching career in 2014 at Western Michigan University on Shane Clipfell's staff. As an assistant coach, Smith helped WMU to a 74–56 record over four seasons.
On July 6, 2018, it was announced that Smith was hired as an assistant coach and would join Joe McKeown's staff at Northwestern University. This would mark a return to the Big 10 where she played collegiately.
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game | RPG | Rebounds per game |
| APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game | BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game |
| TO | Turnovers per game | FG% | Field-goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field-goal percentage | FT% | Free-throw percentage |
| Bold | Career best | ° | League leader |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Sacramento | 28 | 10 | 25.3 | 40.1 | 35.7 | 74.1 | 4.6 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 9.6 |
| 1999 | Sacramento | 31 | 3 | 20.4 | 44.3 | 50.0 | 65.3 | 3.8 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 8.3 |
| 2000 | Sacramento | 32 | 32 | 28.9 | 47.4 | 0.0 | 78.3 | 5.6 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 12.1 |
| 2001 | Sacramento | 32 | 32 | 28.5 | 42.0 | 0.0 | 72.9 | 5.6 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 11.2 |
| 2002 | Sacramento | 32 | 32 | 33.2 | 42.3 | 35.7 | 85.1 | 5.9 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 14.7 |
| 2003 | Sacramento | 34 | 34 | 29.0 | 44.0 | 26.5 | 70.7 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.6 | 12.6 |
| 2004 | Sacramento | 34 | 33 | 26.7 | 41.1 | 17.2 | 80.4 | 4.1 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 11.2 |
| 2005 | Charlotte | 31 | 31 | 34.3 | 41.7 | 0.0 | 79.8 | 5.2 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 13.6 |
| 2006 | Charlotte | 34 | 34 | 28.6 | 42.1 | 36.5 | 74.4 | 5.3 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 2.1 | 13.1 |
| 2007 | Phoenix | 34 | 34 | 31.5 | 41.4 | 32.8 | 78.8 | 6.5 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 12.6 |
| 2008 | Phoenix | 25 | 25 | 28.9 | 41.7 | 34.8 | 86.7 | 7.0 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 11.1 |
| 2009 | Phoenix | 34 | 34 | 27.1 | 45.1 | 45.2 | 87.0 | 5.4 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 1.7 | 1.1 | 9.9 |
| 2010 | Phoenix | 34 | 34 | 29.2 | 39.5 | 34.7 | 75.0 | 5.2 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 9.2 |
| 2011 | Indiana | 33 | 32 | 21.5 | 37.1 | 34.0 | 88.2 | 3.1 | 1.5 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 7.2 |
| 2012 | San Antonio | 15 | 0 | 10.0 | 41.7 | 28.6 | 100.0 | 1.1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.5 |
| Career | 15 years, 5 teams | 463 | 400 | 27.5 | 42.3 | 34.3 | 77.7 | 5.0 | 1.2 | 1.0 | 1.2 | 1.6 | 10.9 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Sacramento | 1 | 1 | 38.0 | 37.5 | 0.0 | 33.3 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 14.0 |
| 2000 | Sacramento | 2 | 2 | 29.5 | 40.9 | 0.0 | 75.0 | 4.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 10.5 |
| 2001 | Sacramento | 5 | 5 | 32.8 | 38.3 | 0.0 | 81.8 | 4.8 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 11.0 |
| 2003 | Sacramento | 6 | 6 | 29.3 | 39.7 | 33.3 | 70.0 | 7.7 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.8 | 12.8 |
| 2004 | Sacramento | 6 | 6 | 30.8 | 44.2 | 22.2 | 77.3 | 5.2 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 15.8 |
| 2007 | Phoenix | 9 | 9 | 31.8 | 40.7 | 48.4 | 80.0 | 7.8 | 1.7 | 1.0 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 11.7 |
| 2009 | Phoenix | 11 | 11 | 26.4 | 52.6 | 52.6 | 75.0 | 5.8 | 0.8 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 9.9 |
| 2010 | Phoenix | 4 | 4 | 32.3 | 48.3 | 35.3 | 75.0 | 6.5 | 2.3 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 9.3 |
| 2011 | Indiana | 6 | 6 | 27.5 | 40.7 | 40.9 | 100.0 | 5.3 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 9.5 |
| 2012 | San Antonio | 2 | 0 | 4.5 | 33.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 |
| Career | 10 years, 4 teams | 52 | 50 | 28.9 | 42.9 | 43.2 | 74.8 | 5.8 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.3 | 11.0 |
| Year | Team | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | TO | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994–95 | Iowa | 28 | - | - | 45.3 | 0.0 | 64.4 | 7.5 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 2.6 | - | 9.0 |
| 1995–96 | Iowa | 31 | - | - | 47.1 | 11.1 | 68.1 | 7.0 | 2.5 | 1.3 | 2.2 | - | 13.6 |
| 1996-97 | Iowa | 30 | - | - | 53.2 | 0.0 | 68.5 | 6.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.3 | - | 11.6 |
| 1997-98 | Iowa | 29 | - | - | 55.9 | 0.0 | 70.3 | 8.4 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.9 | - | 19.9 |
| Career | 118 | - | - | 51.0 | 6.7 | 68.3 | 7.3 | 1.5 | 1.2 | 2.0 | - | 13.5 | |
| Statistics retrieved fromSports-Reference.[5] | |||||||||||||
