Coach Tubby Smith Trail

Tubby Smith has been in the news recently after agreeing to take over the basketball program at the University of Minnesota, a program not quite as storied as his former Kentucky Wildcat team

Firetubbysmith.com, this site's probably quite happy that the coach has moved on
The stampede caused by the Wildcats' 75-67 loss to Tennessee
at Rupp Arena has claimed 517 lived. But in an ironic twist, it
might have also helped save football coach Rich Brooks' job.

Smith is the sixth of 17 children raised on a rural farm in southern Maryland. He and his wife Donna, have three sons: Orlando (G.G.) and Saul are both pursuing careers in the coaching profession; and Brian is a junior playing at Ole Miss. Smith is very active in the community. The Tubby Smith Foundation, which he established to assist underprivileged children, has raised over $1.5 million in the past five years.

University of Minnesota Athletics Director Joel Maturi announced today that Tubby Smith has been named the 16th head basketball coach of the Golden Gophers.

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In those 10 seasons at Kentucky, Smith compiled a 263-83 record for a .760 winning percentage. He began his coaching career at Tulsa, leading the Golden Hurricane from 1991-95, before taking over as head coach at Georgia for two seasons (1995-97). Over his 16 seasons as a head coach, Smith has an overall record of 387-145 (.727) and has posted 14 consecutive 20-win seasons and 14 straight appearances in the NCAA Tournament.