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Saint Vincent College

Coach Terrance Smith

Terrance Smith

The 2021-22 season marks Terrance Smith's third as head coach of the Bearcat men's basketball team, and eighth on the team's coaching staff. Smith enters the 2021-22 season with a 16-22 overall record.

In his first season as head coach, Smith guided the Bearcats to the semifinals of the 2020 Presidents' Athletic Conference Championship Tournament, where they suffered a heartbreaking 70-69 loss to eventual conference champ Grove City. Saint Vincent saw two players earn All-PAC accolades, with guard David Stephen earning Second Team honors and forward Shemar Bennett Honorable Mention plaudits, while the team ranked second in the PAC in steals (7.6 per game) and turnover margin (+1.33 per game).

Smith joined the Bearcat coaching staff in 2014 as an assistant under then-head coach D.P. Harris, and helped the team to three PAC regular season titles and two PAC Championship Tournament championships. 

During his playing days, he was a two-time All-American for the Bearcats and still ranks as the school's second leading scorer of all time.  From 1997-2001, he tallied 1,819 points for SVC, helping to lead the team to two NAIA National Tournament appearances.  Following the 1999-2000 season, he was named a Third Team NAIA All-American, and earned Honorable Mention honors his senior year. Smith was inducted into the Saint Vincent College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2019. 
 
However, his accomplishments on the court have been exceeded by his post-graduate accomplishments as a member of the United States Army.  A Chief Warrant Officer 2, Smith served in both Iraq and Afghanistan as part of a 12-year military career. 
 
During the course of his career, he earned many medals and ribbons, including a Meritorious Service Medal along with multiple Army Commendation and Army Achievement Medals and Iraq and Afghanistan Campaign Medals with Combat Stars.
 
After earning his BA in Management from Saint Vincent, Smith furthered his education with an MBA in Project Management from Grantham University and his DBA in Project Management from Walden University.

Smith serves as an assistant professor in the McKenna School of Business at Saint Vincent College, teaching primarily in the Masters of Science in Management and Operational Excellence program. He is also the Director of the Kennametal Center for Operational Excellence (KCOE) program on campus and serves as a co-chair of the McKenna School's Sports Management program. 

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