Charlotte Smith (basketball)
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Position | Forward | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coaching career | 2002–present | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1996–1997 | Colorado Xplosion | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1997–1998 | San Jose Lasers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1999–2004 | Charlotte Sting | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2005 | Washington Mystics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2006 | Indiana Fever | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2002–2011 | North Carolina (assistant) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2011–present | Elon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medals
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Charlotte Smith (born August 23, 1973)
Playing career
After excelling as a basketball player at Shelby High School in Shelby, North Carolina, Smith played college basketball for the
After her collegiate eligibility ended in 1995, Smith joined a professional basketball club in Italy. She was named Most Valuable Player of the Italian league's All-Star game for the 1995–1996 season.
In 1996, Smith was selected by the Colorado Xplosion in the third round of the initial draft held by the newly formed ABL. She played one season with Colorado, then was traded to the San Jose Lasers. As a Laser, she was named to the ABL All-Star team for the 1997–1998 season.
Following the ABL's cessation of operations in 1999, Smith participated in the 1999 WNBA Draft, where the Charlotte Sting chose her with the 33rd overall pick. She played six seasons with the Sting. During offseasons, she interned with the Sting's front office, worked with US Sport Management, Inc., played a second winter season in Italy in 1999–2000, and served as an UNC women's basketball assistant coach for several seasons. Smith also earned a bachelor's degree in sociology from UNC in 1999.
Smith joined the WNBA's Washington Mystics for the 2005 season. She was briefly affiliated with the Indiana Fever at the start of the 2006 season.
North Carolina statistics
Source[3]
GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
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91–92 | North Carolina | 31 | 450 | 48.6% | 10.0% | 63.9% | 8.1 | 0.7 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 14.5 |
92–93 | North Carolina | 30 | 446 | 45.6% | 28.6% | 61.1% | 9.0 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 14.9 |
93–94 | North Carolina | 33 | 513 | 50.3% | 28.1% | 70.4% | 9.2 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 15.5 |
94–95 | North Carolina | 35 | 685 | 53.3% | 28.3% | 65.2% | 10.7 | 2.9 | 1.8 | 0.7 | 19.6 |
Career | North Carolina | 129 | 2094 | 49.7% | 26.6% | 65.2% | 9.3 | 2.0 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 16.2 |
USA Basketball
Smith was named to the USA U18 team (then called the Junior World Championship Qualifying Team) in 1992. The team competed in
Smith represented the US at the 1995
Smith was invited to be a member of the Jones Cup team representing the US in 1996. She helped the team to a 9–0 record, and the gold medal in the event. Smith averaged 9.7 points per game, the highest scoring average on the team, and was named the All-Tournament MVP.[6]
Coaching career
In 2002, Charlotte Smith joined the
On June 22, 2011, Smith was named the head women's basketball coach at Elon University, becoming the sixth head coach in program history. In her first season leading the Phoenix, she set a new school record for wins by a first-year head coach. Charlotte Smith was named the 2017 CAA Coach of the Year and Elon won its first CAA Regular Season title and its first CAA Conference tournament title in Division 1 History. Elon also earned its first bid in the NCAA tournament in school history.
Source:
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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2011–12 | Elon | 16–14[10] | 12–8[10] | T-4th | |||||
2012–13 | Elon | 19–14 | 14–6 | 3rd | WBI Quarterfinals | ||||
2013–14 | Elon | 15–16 | 10–8 | T-4th | |||||
Elon (SOCON): | 50–44 (.532) | 36–22 (.621) | |||||||
Colonial Athletic Association ) (2014–present)
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2014–15 | Elon | 19–13 | 11–7 | T-3rd | WNIT First Round | ||||
2015–16 | Elon | 18–13 | 11–7 | 4th | WNIT First Round | ||||
2016–17 | Elon | 27–7 | 16–2 | 1st | NCAA First round | ||||
2017–18 | Elon | 25–8 | 14–4 | 3rd | NCAA First round | ||||
2018–19 | Elon
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9–21 | 4–14 | 8th | |||||
2019–20 | Elon | 14–16 | 8–10 | T–6th | |||||
2020–21 | Elon | 7–8 | 3–5 | T–7th | |||||
2021–22 | Elon | 17–12 | 9–9 | T–6th | |||||
2022–23 | Elon | 9–21 | 5–13 | 11th | |||||
Elon (CAA): | 145–119 (.549) | 81–71 (.533) | |||||||
Total: | 195–163 (.545) | ||||||||
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ^ "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
- ^ "Championship records remembered". NCAA. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved May 15, 2012.
- ^ "North Carolina Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved September 14, 2017.
- ^ "Second Women's Junior World Championship Qualifying Team – 1992". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved October 20, 2015.
- ^ "Seventeenth World University Games – 1993". USA Basketball. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved October 12, 2015.
- ^ "1996 Women's R. William Jones Cup". USA Basketball. June 10, 2010. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
- ^ "2013-14 Women's Basketball Standings". soconsports.com. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
- ^ "2022-23 Conference Standings". caasports.com. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
- ^ "2022-23 Women's Basketball Schedule". Elon University Athletics. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
- ^ a b "Elon University – 2011–12 Women's Basketball Schedule". Elon Athletic Department. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
Sources
- "Charlotte Smith Bio". Elon Athletic Department. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
- "Charlotte Smith Bio". WNBA. Archived from the original on May 25, 2011. Retrieved April 11, 2010.