Bev Smith

Not to be confused with Beverly Smith.

Beverly "Bev" Smith (born April 4, 1960) is the assistant coach for the Canadian Women's National Team. 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, AB, qualifying for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. Former head women's basketball coach at the University of Oregon. She held that position from 2001 to 2009. She replaced controversial coach Jody Runge, and posted an 83-69 record. Her 2004 team made the National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament, after finishing 2nd in the Pacific-10 Conference. In that season, her 2nd 20-win season, Oregon defeated Texas Christian University to advance to the 2nd round. The 2002 team, won the Women's National Invitation Tournament Championship. She played college basketball herself at Oregon, where she became an all-American in 1981 and 1982.

She is a member of the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame, after leading Canada to a medal in the 1999 Pan American Games. 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).

In 2004, Smith was elected to the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame, located in Knoxville, Tennessee.^[1]

External links

Bev Smith article from goducks.com

Notes

↑ "WBHOF Inductees". WBHOF. Retrieved 2009-08-01.

Canada women's squad – 1984 Summer Olympics – 4th place

4 Polson 5 McAra 6 Pendergast 7 Huband 8 Sealey 9 Lang 10 Smith 11 Sweeney 12 Clarkson-Lohr 13 Kordic 14 Blackwell 15 Thomas

Canada women's squad – 2000 Summer Olympics – 10th place

4 Hendry 5 Karch 6 Bouchard 7 Johnson 8 Blakebrough 9 Kleindienst 10 Dales 11 Norman 12 Brassard-Riebesehl 13 Boucher 14 McNichol 15 Sutton-Brown Coach: Smith

Oregon Ducks women's basketball head coaches

Jane Spearing (1973–1974) Nancy Mikleton (1974–1976) Elwin Heiny (1976–1993) Jody Runge (1993–2001) Bev Smith (2001–2009) Paul Westhead (2009–2014) Kelly Graves (2014– )

Women's Basketball Hall of Fame

Based in Knoxville, Tennessee

Coaches (49)

Contributors (20)

Val Ackerman Senda Abbott Mildred Barnes Patty Broderick E. Wayne Cooley Carol Eckman Betty Jo Graber Mel Greenberg Mimi Griffin Phyllis Holmes Claude Hutcherson Betty Jaynes George E. Killian Darlene May Shin-Ja Park Lea Plarski Gloria Ray Robin Roberts Borislav Stankovic William L. Wall Charlotte West Marcy Weston

Players (57)

Veterans (12)

Alline Banks Sprouse Joan Crawford Margaret Sexton Gleaves Rita Horky Patsy Neal Lometa Odom Doris Rogers Lurlyne Greer Rogers Hazel Walker Katherine Washington Ora Washington Nera White

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