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Will Wade adds fourth former college head coach to LSU basketball staff for 2026-27 season
Smith brings more than 40 years of college basketball experience and recent player-development work at Eastern Michigan to LSU's staff.
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Will Wade adds fourth former college head coach to LSU basketball staff for 2026-27 season
Will Wade hired Jay Smith to his LSU basketball staff for the 2026-27 season. Smith, 65, is someone Wade regards as one of the best “big man coaches in the country.” He joins a staff with Johnny Jones and Rick Stansbury.
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Coaching Veteran Jay Smith named Director of Men's Basketball Player Development at LSU
Longtime college basketball veteran Jay Smith will join the LSU men’s basketball staff of coach Will Wade as Director of Player Development for the 2026-27 season. Smith has served on college basketball coaching staffs for over 40 years since starting his career at Kent State University in 1984. Among his college basketball stops was as Head Coach at Kalamazoo College (2016-19), Central Michigan University (1997-06) and at Grand Valley State Uni…
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