Kyle Smith

Washington State extends Smith through 2026-27

Washington State University Director of Athletics Pat Chun announced that men’s head basketball coach Kyle Smith had agreed to a contract extension. Smith’s extension will keep him on the Palouse through the 2026-27 season. Smith was named the head coach of the Cougs in 2019 and originally signed a six-year contract that ran through the 2024-25

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Smith signs multi-year extension at San Francisco

Back-to-back 20-win seasons for the first time since 1981-82 are exciting, but University of San Francisco men’s basketball’s head coach Kyle Smith knows that in the West Coast Conference, the teams that have had success are the ones with continuity.  With that, Director of Athletics Scott Sidwell is pleased to announce the signing of Smith

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University of San Francisco Dirt…

I can confirm that University of San Francisco head basketball coach Kyle Smith has added Mike Magpayo to his staff. Magpayo had worked at Campbell since 2014, serving first as the director of player development before being elevated to assistant coach. Before coming to Campbell, Magpayo spent four seasons on Smith’s staff at Columbia –

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Kevin Hovde Named Assistant Coach at San Francisco

Kevin Hovde, who served on the men’s basketball staff at Columbia for the past four seasons, has been named assistant head coach at the University of San Francisco, head coach Kyle Smith announced today. Hovde initially joined Smith’s staff at Columbia in 2011-12 as the program’s director of basketball operations and was promoted to assistant coach prior

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Daily Dirt – 3/29/16

Here are some things that I’ve heard… On Sunday, I mentioned Columbia head coach Kyle Smith and his involvement at San Francisco (Daily Dirt – Easter Edition).  Smith’s name is now on fire there, and KPIX-TV’s Dennis O’Donnel has gone as far as tweeting that Smith is expected to be named the head coach at

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