Lamont Smith
Lamont Smith (born October 19, 1975)
Teams coached: San Diego Toreros
San Diego record: 40-52 (.435)
Overall record: 40-52 (.435)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2018-2019 | UTEP (asst) |
| 2015-2018 | San Diego |
| 2013-2015 | New Mexico (asst) |
| 2012-2013 | Washington (asst) |
| 2008-2012 | Arizona State (asst) |
| 2007-2008 | Santa Clara (asst) |
| 2001-2007 | Saint Mary’s (asst) |
| 1999-2001 | Saint Louis (grad. asst) |
Lamont Smith Facts
- Allen Lamont Smith
- Born October 19, 1975
- Hometown: The Colony, Texas
- Alma Mater: University of San Diego (BA, 1998)
- The TX-native played his college basketball for head coach Brad Holland and the San Diego Toreros
- Was team captain for two years (1997-99) and was twice named the team’s Defensive POY
- Started his coaching career in 1991, spending two seasons as a graduate assistant at Saint Louis under Lorenzo Romar
- Headed West in 2001 with fellow SLU staffer Randy Bennett, spending the next six years as an assistant at Saint Mary’s
- Next up were a one-year stint under Kerry Keating at Santa Clara and four years under Herb Sendek at Arizona State
- While at ASU, Smith helped coach and develop future NBA MVP James Harden
- Reunited with Romar for one season (2012-13) in Washington, then assisted Craig Neal for two years at New Mexico
- Hired in the 2015 to be the head coach at alma mater, San Diego, leading the Toreros until 2018
- Went 40-52, including a 18-13 in his third year, but was placed on administrative leave in February 2018 after getting arrested at Oakland (CA) International Airport on charges of domestic violence
- The Toreros were invited to the 2018 CIT, going 2-1 under assistant Sam Scholl (who became head coach after the season)
- He was released and the charges were dropped a week later in early March, but Smith officially resigned from his position
- Went 40-52, including a 18-13 in his third year, but was placed on administrative leave in February 2018 after getting arrested at Oakland (CA) International Airport on charges of domestic violence
- He was hired in April 2018 to be an assistant coach at UTEP under new head coach Rodney Terry
- Resign following the season after he was implicated in a larger college admissions bribery scandal from his time at USD
Lamont Smith Coaching Tree
- Chris Gerlufsen (San Francisco, Hawaii)
- Sam Scholl (San Diego)
- Russell Springmann (Oral Roberts)