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Orlando "Tubby" Smith (born birth date1951630) is an American (United States) college basketball coach. He is currently the mens basketball head coach at the University of Minnesota. Smith previously served in the same role at the University of Tulsa, the University of Georgia, and most recently, University of Kentucky, where he coached the Wildcats to the 1998 NCAA championship (1998 NCAA Mens Division I Basketball Tournament).
Over his 18 seasons as a head coach, Smith has had 16 twenty-win seasons. In 2005, he joined Roy Williams (Roy Williams (coach)), Nolan Richardson, Denny Crum and Jim Boeheim as the only head coaches to win 365 games in 15 seasons or less. Entering the 2007 season, Smiths career record was 387-145 and his .733 winning percentage was eighth among active coaches. With Minnesotas invite to the 2009 NCAA tournament, Smith became the fifth coach to lead four different teams to the NCAA tournament. It was reported by ESPN on March 30, 2010, that the University of Oregon had offered Smith its head coaching position.
Smiths three sons are following in their fathers coaching footsteps. "G. G." Smith, who played for his father at the University of Georgia, is currently an assistant coach at Loyola College in Maryland. Middle son Saul Smith, who played for his father at the University of Kentucky, has joined his father as an assistant coach at the University of Minnesota. Brian, his youngest son, was a point guard at Ole Miss (University of Mississippi) and is an assistant coach at Windermere preparatory school.
Name: Orlando "Tubby" Smith
Sport: Basketball
Date of birth: 1951-06-30
Birth Location: Scotland, Maryland, United States, U.S.
Title: Head coach
Awards: Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year (1994, 1995) SEC Coach of the Year (1998, 2003, 2005) Jim Phelan (Jim Phelan (basketball)) Coach of the Year (2005),Henry Iba Award (2003),Naismith College Coach of the Year (2003)
Championships: NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship (1998),Regional Championships - Final Four (NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship) (1998),SEC (Southeastern Conference) Tournament (1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004)
Currentrecord: 21-14
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