Greg Smith Position: Assistant Coach Alma Mater: Westmont College '90

Greg Smith is in his second year as an assistant coach at Notre Dame. Previously the head coach for six seasons at Virginia Tech, Smith was the 2002 BIG EAST Conference Coach of the Year.

A native of Rochester, Ind., Smith led the Hokies to an 81-94 (.463) overall mark from 2000-05, including a 37-38 (.493) record in conference play. His top campaign came in 2002 when he led the Hokies to a second-place finish in the BIG EAST Conference - behind Notre Dame - with a 10-3 record and a berth in the four-team league tournament. It was the school's second of three seasons as a BIG EAST member. That Tech team more than doubled its win total from the previous season and won twice as many conference matches as it did during the 2001 season.

Smith faced the Irish three times from the bench opposite Brown. He dealt Notre Dame a rare three-game conference loss in Blacksburg, Va., in 2002 and then helped the Hokies push the 12th-ranked Irish to five games in front of a Joyce Center record crowd of 8,643 the following season. During his time at Virginia Tech, Smith helped five different players earn a total of nine all-conference honors. He oversaw the Hokies' transition from an independent (in his first season, 2000) into the BIG EAST Conference (2001-03) and then into the ACC (2004-present).

Smith came to Virginia Tech from Ohio State, where he served as an assistant coach for three seasons and helped coach the Buckeyes to a trio of NCAA Tournament bids. While with the Buckeyes, he assisted in recruiting and training the team (both on-court and physical conditioning).

Prior to his stint in Columbus, Smith spent two seasons as an assistant at Hofstra University. There he helped lead the team to two consecutive America East Conference tournament championships and two NCAA Tournament appearances. In all, Smith has coached six seasons in the NCAAs.

Before his stint at Hofstra, he was an assistant at the University of Indianapolis in 1994. He also served as one of the head volleyball coaches for the Circle City Volleyball Club in Indianapolis.

Smith was an assistant varsity coach at Rochester (Ind.) High School from 1992-93, also serving as head coach of the freshman squad. During his tenure, he assisted the varsity team to the regional playoffs in 1992 and state semifinals in 1993.

He graduated from Westmont (Calif.) College in 1990 with a bachelor's degree in business and economics. He then received a bachelor's in education from Indianapolis in 1995. A letterwinner in tennis at Westmont, Smith also served as an assistant basketball coach there.

Smith and his wife, Erica, have two daughters, Peytan and Reagan.