John Smith serves as Assistant Coach for San Diego State University's Women's Basketball program in San Diego. The San Diego State source profile describes Smith's current role and recent program context, including that Assistant coach John Smith came to San Diego State prior to the 2025-26 season, bringing more than two decades of experience in college basketball to The Mesa, including 18 as a head coach. Before coming to SDSU, Smith was a special assistant to the head men’s basketball coach at University of Washington for a year.
The same profile adds background on Smith's coaching path, team results, and player-development record. During the 2021-22 season, Cal Poly held opponents to the second lowest field goal mark among Big West programs while playing in front of the second highest average attendance in the conference. Smith arrived at Cal Poly after serving as associate head coach for the Cal State Fullerton men’s program from 2013-19 – a period of historic success for the Titans program. With Smith playing a pivotal role in Cal State Fullerton’s recruiting efforts, eight Titans earned All-Big West honors during his final three seasons. For the ICDB record, that background gives readers a fuller picture of the experience John Smith brings to the Women's Basketball staff.
