.jpg) Smart in 2021 | |
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Marquette |
| Conference | Big East |
| Record | 78–30 (.722) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | April 8, 1977 Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Playing career | |
| 1995–1999 | Kenyon |
| Position(s) | Point guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1999–2001 | California (PA) (assistant) |
| 2003–2006 | Akron (assistant) |
| 2006–2008 | Clemson (assistant) |
| 2008–2009 | Florida (assistant) |
| 2009–2015 | VCU |
| 2015–2021 | Texas |
| 2021–present | Marquette |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2001–2003 | Dayton (basketball ops.) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 349–172 (.670) |
| Tournaments | 10–11 (NCAA Division I) 5–0 (NIT) 5–0 (CBI) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| NCAA Division I Regional – Final Four (2011) NIT (2019) CBI (2010) CAA tournament (2012) Atlantic 10 tournament (2015) Big 12 tournament (2021) Big East regular season (2023) Big East tournament (2023) | |
| Awards | |
| AP Coach of the Year (2023) NABC Coach of the Year (2023) Henry Iba Award (2023) Big East Coach of the Year (2023) | |
Shaka Dingani Smart (born April 8, 1977) is an American men's college basketball coach and former college basketball player. He is the current head men's basketball coach at Marquette University.
Smart rose to prominence in 2011 after leading Virginia Commonwealth University to its first and only Final Four appearance in school history in the 2011 NCAA tournament.