Jaime Smith
American basketball player and coach
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James Elliott "Jaime" Smith (born July 11, 1989) is an American basketball coach and former player who is currently an assistant coach at the University of Illinois Chicago.
Smith in Italy with Dinamo Sassari | |
| UIC Flames | |
|---|---|
| Position | Assistant coach |
| League | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born | July 11, 1989 Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
| Listed weight | 183 lb (83 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Hoover (Hoover, Alabama) |
| College | Alabama–Huntsville (2009–2013) |
| NBA draft | 2013: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2013–2023 |
| Coaching career | 2023–present |
| Career history | |
Playing | |
| 2013–2014 | Lusitânia |
| 2014–2015 | Fribourg Olympic |
| 2015–2016 | Liège |
| 2016–2017 | Khimik |
| 2017–2018 | Cantù |
| 2018–2019 | Dinamo Sassari |
| 2019–2020 | Teksüt Bandırma |
| 2020 | Dinamo Sassari |
| 2020–2021 | Cantù |
| 2022–2023 | ADA Blois |
Coaching | |
| 2023–2024 | Longwood (DPD) |
| 2024–present | UIC (assistant) |
| Career highlights | |
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Professional career
In June 2015 Smith signed with the Belgium club Liège Basket, after a season with the Fribourg Olympic in Switzerland.[1]
On June 10, 2017, Jaime Smith signed with the Italian basketball club, Pallacanestro Cantù, in the top-tier LBA.[2]
On June 7, 2018, Smith became new player for Dinamo Sassari.[3]
On August 1, 2019, he has signed contract with Teksüt Bandırma of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL).[4]
On March 2, 2020, he has signed with Dinamo Sassari of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A.[5]
On July 11, 2020, he has signed with Pallacanestro Cantù of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).[6]
On July 5, 2022, after recovering from a torn ACL, he signed with the ADA Blois of the LNB Pro A.[7]
Coaching career
Personal life
Smith's older brother, Joe Troy Smith, also played professional basketball.[citation needed]
