Episode 10

Episode 10: Shaka Smart, Head Basketball Coach, Marquette University

Published on: 20th November, 2023

Shaka Smart is a Madison, Wisconsin legend who held his playing career at Kenyon College. Coach Smart stayed in the Pennsylvania area post college finding an assistant role at California (PA) which then led him to assistant roles at Akron University, Clemson, Florida and into his first head job at VCU. After helping VCU get to their first Final Four appearance in school history as one of the youngest Head Coaches in the Division 1 basketball realm, Coach Smart went on later to take a head role at Texas and now currently serves as the man in charge at Marquette University. 

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From young assistants to head coaches, Rising Coaches sits down with some of the brightest minds in basketball to talk about their rise through the profession and what they are working on now.

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