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Audra Smith out as Clemson women's basketball coach

Audra Smith out as Clemson women's basketball coach


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Audra Smith will not be retained as Clemson’s women’s basketball coach, Clemson athletic director Dan Radakovich announced in a news release Tuesday.

Smith coached her fifth season as Clemson’s head coach in 2017-18 and went 11-19 overall and 1-15 in the Atlantic Coast Conference play. Over the length of her tenure, Smith went 52-99 and 9-70 in the ACC.

“We appreciate everything that Coach Smith and her staff have done for our women's basketball program and for our student-athletes, but the on-court results made this decision necessary,” Radakovich said in a statement. "We have high expectations for all our athletic programs and we need a new direction and fresh perspective in women's basketball. We wish Audra all the best moving forward as we begin a national search for our new head coach."

Before last season, Smith was given a contract extension through the 2020-21 season, coming off of a 15-16 campaign where the team improved its record by 11 wins year-to-year (15-16).

Smith is the mother of Clemson men's basketball freshman guard A.J. Oliver, who - contributing more as the season went on - averaged 7.2 minutes and 2.1 points a game.

Before coming to Clemson, Smith went 138-138 at UAB after a 10-year run as an assistant at Virginia, where she played.

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74TIGER
spacer Two words to move forward..
gvillenative
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ctigers90
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Cobbox®
spacer Agree that we haven't found a solution since Davis, but
apextiger
spacer Finally !!!! Now please hire a COACH***
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tarheeledtiger
spacer we should take better care of our student athlete's parents
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88superpower
spacer the 9-70 ACC record is pretty gaudy .........the men may
ctigers90
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keowee77
spacer Good luck Coach. I feel awful for Dan Radakovich. You know how
Swarley
spacer Re: Good luck Coach. I feel awful for Dan Radakovich. You know how
cutiger40
spacer If this is real, then STRONG WORK!***
nkickha
spacer Re: Good luck Coach. I feel awful for Dan Radakovich. You know how
TurnerK28
spacer awww. good luck to you, coach smith.***
freakgeek
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tigerphils
spacer Why not shut the program down,better than losing to coots every year***
hphallman®
spacer Re: Why not shut the program down,better than losing to coots every year***
RRFTigerFan
spacer You play to win the game, you don't just play to play it
Cobbox®
spacer Re: Why not shut the program down,better than losing to coots every year***
jeancooper
spacer Sad to see her go, I've really liked Coach Smith
grover173
spacer Re: Sad to see her go, I've really liked Coach Smith
CUGRAD90
spacer Re: Sad to see her go, I've really liked Coach Smith
Clemsonohiotiger®
spacer How much to hire Dawn Staley?
tigerdave2®
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tigerphils
spacer I wish you well Coach Smith. This was a tough job from
NCLakeTiger
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leftie
spacer The surprise is that it took this long.***
85grad
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HORRY TIGER 2
spacer i have a feeling they will finally make a serious hire
T_I_P
spacer Bout to see how
luckyj®
spacer I guess DRad will shut up the whiners who say that he
Judge Keller®
spacer Jim Davis at least could coach
kgpittm®
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deroberts
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kgpittm®
spacer some people follow it***
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BerlinSPY73®
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Tigerbeth
spacer Kevin Pederson***
Country Gentleman
spacer This is at least the 3rd mention of him in this thread, hope
76er®
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spacer nothing wrong with that if its a good one***
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