Orlando "Tubby" Smith
Alma Mater:
High Point (NC)
Class of:
Hometown:
Scotland, MD
High School:
Great Mills High School
- Coach of 1998 NCAA Tournament champion with Kentucky
- Won five SEC Tournament championships with Kentucky (1998, 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2004)
- Only coach to take three consecutive teams seeded sixth or worse to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA playoffs (1994 through 1996)
- One of only three coaches in NCAA history to twice appear in back-to-back Division I tourneys with different schools
- Assistant coach at Virginia Commonwealth (six under J.D. Barnett and one under Mike Pollio) for seven seasons from 1979-80 through 1985-86, at South Carolina under George Felton for three seasons from 1986-87 through 1988-89, and at Kentucky under Rick Pitino for two seasons in 1989-90 and 1990-91
- Final Top 20 Rankings (12: AP/UPI/USA)--1994 (NR/NR/19), 1995 (NR/NR/15), 1996 (NR/NR/16), 1997 (17/NR), 1998 (5/1), 1999 (8/T5), 2000 (19/22), 2001 (9/8), 2002 (16/13), 2003 (1/4), 2004 (2/8) and 2005 (7/5)
- All-Americans (two): Kentucky's Tayshaun Prince (2001 and 2002) and Keith Bogans (2003).
Record:
Season | School | Overall | League | Finish | Conference (Division) | Postseason (Record) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
17-13 | 12-6 | T-4th | DNP | |||
15-14 | 10-8 | 4th | Probation | |||
23-8 | 15-3 | 1st | NCAA (2-1) | |||
24-8 | 15-3 | 1st | NCAA (2-1) | |||
21-10 | 9-7 | 2nd | SEC (Eastern) | NCAA (2-1) | ||
24-9 | 10-6 | 3rd | SEC (Eastern) | NCAA (0-1) | ||
35-4 | 14-2 | 1st | SEC (Eastern) | NCAA (6-0) | ||
28-9 | 11-5 | 2nd | SEC (Eastern) | NCAA (3-1) | ||
23-10 | 12-4 | T-1st | SEC (Eastern) | NCAA (1-1) | ||
24-10 | 12-4 | T-1st | SEC (Eastern) | NCAA (2-1) | ||
22-10 | 10-6 | T-1st | SEC (Eastern) | NCAA (2-1) | ||
32-4 | 16-0 | 1st | SEC (Eastern) | NCAA (3-1) | ||
27-5 | 13-3 | 1st | SEC (Eastern) | NCAA (1-1) | ||
28-6 | 14-2 | 1st | SEC (Eastern) | NCAA (3-1) | ||
22-13 | 9-7 | 3rd | SEC (Eastern) | NCAA (1-1) | ||
22-12 | 9-7 | 4th | SEC (Eastern) | NCAA (1-1) | ||
20-14 | 8-10 | 6th | NIT (0-1) | |||
22-11 | 9-9 | T-7th | NCAA (0-1) | |||
21-14 | 9-9 | 6th | NCAA (0-1) | |||
- 19-Year Coaching Record: 450-184 (.710) overall
- 79-43 (.648) in four years at Tulsa
- 45-19 (.703) in two years at Georgia
- 263-83 (.760) in 10 years at Kentucky
- 63-39 (.618) in first three years at Minnesota
- 52-20 (.722) in Missouri Valley Conference
- 139-53 (.724) in Southeastern Conference (19-13 with Georgia/120-40 with Kentucky)
- 26-28 (.481) in Big Ten Conference
- 5-3 (.625) in MVC Tournament
- 24-7 (.774) in SEC Tournament
- 5-3 (.625) in Big Ten Tournament
- 28-12 (.700) in NCAA Tournament