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American basketball coach

Born (1970-01-23) January 23, 1970 (age 56)
Milledgeville, Georgia

1988–1992Virginia

1994–2004Virginia (asst.)

2004–2012UAB

Audra Smith
Biographical details

Born	(1970-01-23) January 23, 1970 (age 56) Milledgeville, Georgia
Playing career
1988–1992	Virginia

Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1994–2004	Virginia (asst.)
2004–2012	UAB
2012–2018	Clemson
2018–2022	South Carolina State

Head coaching record
Overall	214–310 (.408)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
Miss Georgia Basketball (1988)

Audra Smith (born January 23, 1970)^[1] is a head women's basketball coach .^[2]

Smith played basketball at the University of Virginia, graduating with a degree in sociology in 1992. Beginning in 1994, she served as an assistant coach for the Cavaliers for 10 seasons.

In the 2004–05 season, Smith became head coach at the University of Alabama Birmingham. She coached UAB for eight seasons. During the 2006 season, UAB went 19–13, including a 12–4 Conference USA mark, as UAB set records for most Conference USA wins in a season. UAB was selected to the Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT) tournament that year, reaching the second round. In the 2005 season, she posted a 14–14 record and a 7–9 CUSA record.^[3]

On April 8, 2013, Smith was announced as the head coach of the Clemson Tigers, where she remained until 2018.^[4]

On June 7, 2018, Smith was announced as the next head coach of South Carolina State.

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
UAB (Conference USA) (2004–2012)
2004–05	UAB	7-21	4-10	T-10th
2005–06	UAB	14-14	7-9	9th
2006–07	UAB	19-13	13-4	2nd	WNIT Second Round
2007–08	UAB	14-16	10-6	3rd
2008–09	UAB	10-20	5-11	T-5th
2009–10	UAB	17-15	8-8	6th
2010–11	UAB	20-15	7-9	T-7th	WBI Champions
2011–12	UAB	19-11	9-7	T-3rd
2012–13	UAB	18-13	9-7	4th	WNIT First Round
UAB:		138–138 (.500)	72–71 (.503)
Clemson (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2013–2018)
2013–14	Clemson	13-19	4-12	T-12th
2014–15	Clemson	9-21	1-15	T-14th
2015–16	Clemson	4-24	0-15	15th
2016–17	Clemson	15-16	3-13	T-13th
2017–18	Clemson	11-19	1-15	15th
Clemson:		52–99 (.344)	9–70 (.114)
South Carolina State (Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) (2018–present)
2018–19	South Carolina State	16–16	8–8	T-6th
2019–20	South Carolina State	3–27	2–14	11th
2020–21	South Carolina State	1–9	0–2	4th (South)
2021–22	South Carolina State	4–21*	4–7*
South Carolina State:		24–73 (.247)	14–31 (.311)	* Fired before the end of the season
Total:		214–310 (.408)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

↑ "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
↑ "Former Clemson coach hired by S.C. State". TigerNet.com. June 6, 2018. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
↑ "Audra Smith Bio". UABSports.com. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on January 29, 2013. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
↑ "Clemson To Change Leadership of Women's Basketball". ClemsonTigers.com. Archived from the original on March 28, 2018. Retrieved March 27, 2018.

v t e UAB Blazers women's basketball head coaches
Fran Braasch (1978–1981) Avie Bridges (1981–1984) Bill Ivey (1984–1987) Jeannie Milling (1987–2004) Audra Smith (2004–2023) Randy Norton (2013–)

v t e Clemson Tigers women's basketball head coaches
Mary King (1975–1976) Annie Tribble (1976–1987) Jim Davis (1987–2005) Cristy McKinney (2005–2010) Itoro Coleman (2010–2013) Audra Smith (2013–2018) Amanda Butler (2018–2024) Shawn Poppie (2024–)

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