{{Short description|American basketball player and coach (born 1975)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Charmin Smith | image = | alt = | caption = | current_title = Head coach | current_team = California | current_conference = ACC | current_record = {{Winning percentage|102|104|record=y}} | contract = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1975|5|2}} | birth_place = St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = | player_years1 = 1993–1997 | player_team1 = Stanford | player_years2 = 1997–1998 | player_team2 = Portland Power | player_years3 = 1999 | player_team3 = Minnesota Lynx | player_years4 = 2000–2001 | player_team4 = Seattle Storm | player_years5 = 2003 | player_team5 = Phoenix Mercury | player_years6 = 2003 | player_team6 = Solna Vikings | player_positions = Guard | coach_years1 = 2003–2004 | coach_team1 = Boston College (asst.) | coach_years2 = 2004–2007 | coach_team2 = Stanford (asst.) | coach_years3 = 2007–2012 | coach_team3 = California (asst.) | coach_years4 = 2012–2019 | coach_team4 = California (Assoc. HC) | coach_years5 = 2019 | coach_team5 = New York Liberty (asst.) | coach_years6 = 2019–present | coach_team6 = California | overall_record = {{Winning percentage|102|104|record=y}} | bowl_record = | tournament_record = | championships = | coaching_records = }}
'''Charmin Arnette Smith''' (born May 2, 1975) is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach of the California Golden Bears women's team.<ref name="Charmin Smith named head coach">{{cite web|title=Charmin Smith Named Women's Basketball Coach|url=https://calbears.com/news/2019/6/21/charmin-smith-named-womens-basketball-coach.aspx|publisher=California Golden Bears|date=June 21, 2019|accessdate=June 21, 2019}}</ref>
==Early life and collegiate career== Smith was born in St. Louis on May 2, 1975.<ref name="Stanford 1996">{{cite web|title=#21 Charmin Smith|url=http://www.fansonly.com/schools/stan/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/stan-w-baskbl-mtt-smith.html|publisher=Stanford University|work=GoStanford.com|date=1996|access-date=December 21, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970801180438/http://www.fansonly.com/schools/stan/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/stan-w-baskbl-mtt-smith.html|archive-date=August 1, 1997|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Smith graduated from Ladue Horton Watkins High School in St. Louis in 1993. As a senior at Watkins, she earned Missouri First Team All-State honors.<ref name="Stanford 1996"/> After high school, Smith attended Stanford University, where she played four years for the Cardinal. A four-year letter winner from 1993 to 1997, Smith helped Stanford win three consecutive Pac-10 championships and make three consecutive Final Four appearances in 1995, 1996, and 1997.<ref name="Boston College">{{cite web|title=Charmin Smith|url=http://bceagles.ocsn.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/smith_charmin00.html|publisher=Boston College|year=2003|access-date=December 21, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040409042319/http://bceagles.ocsn.com:80/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/smith_charmin00.html|archive-date=April 9, 2004|url-status=dead}}</ref> Smith averaged 4.7 points, 3.4 rebounds, and 2.2 assists during her senior year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://stats.ncaa.org/team/674/stats/13222|title=Final 1997 Divisino I Women's Basketball Statistics Report, Stanford University|publisher=NCAA|access-date=December 21, 2025}}</ref>
Smith earned two degrees in civil and environmental engineering at the Stanford University School of Engineering, a bachelor's degree in 1997 and master's degree in 2000.<ref name="Charmin Smith named head coach"/><ref name="Boston College"/>
==Professional career== After her years at Stanford, Smith played one year with the Portland Power of the ABL, the last year before the league folded.
She would be signed by the Minnesota Lynx for the 1999 WNBA season. In December 1999, the Seattle Storm picked her up in the 2000 expansion draft, and she would play for the Storm for the 2000 and 2001 WNBA seasons.<ref>{{cite web |title=2000 WNBA Expansion Draft |url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/wnba/draft/2000-expansion.html |website=Basketball Reference |access-date=June 24, 2025}}</ref> She would play one more season in the WNBA for the Phoenix Mercury in 2003.<ref name=WNBA>{{cite web|url=http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/charmin_smith/|title=Charmin Smith|publisher=WNBA |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041023171400/http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/charmin_smith/|archive-date=October 23, 2004|access-date=December 21, 2025|url-status=dead }}</ref>
Smith went overseas in 2003 to play for the Swedish team Solna Vikings before retiring from the sport as a player.
During her off-seasons with the WNBA, Smith would work as a production assistant and editor with NBA Entertainment, as well as with the Seattle Storm CR office.{{cn|date=September 2025}}
==Career statistics== {{WNBA player statistics legend}} ===WNBA=== ====Regular season==== {{WNBA player statistics start|caption=WNBA regular season statistics}} |- | align="left" | 1999 | align="left" | Minnesota | 13 || 0 || 4.3 || .111 || .000 || '''.800''' || 0.7 || 0.2 || 0.1 || 0.0 || 0.4 || 0.8 |- | align="left" | 2000 | align="left" | Seattle | '''32''' || 3 || 16.1 || '''.286''' || '''.313''' || .56 || 1.5 || '''1.7''' || '''0.5''' || '''0.1''' || 1.0 || 1.6 |- | align="left" | 2001 | align="left" | Seattle | 32 || '''8''' || '''18.4''' || .270 || .289 || .619 || '''1.7''' || 1.2 || '''0.5''' || 0.0 || 0.8 || '''1.8''' |- class="sortbottom" | align="left" | ''2002'' | align=center colspan=13| ''Did not play (waived)'' |- | align="left" | 2003 | align="left" | Phoenix |4 || 0 || 4.3 || .000 || .000 || — || 1.0 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 0.0 |- class="sortbottom" | align="left" | '''Career''' | align="left" | 4 years, 3 teams | 81 || 11 || 14.5 || .262 || .276 || .633 || 1.4 || 1.2 || 0.4 || 0.0 || 0.8 || 1.5 {{S-end}}
===College=== {{WNBA player statistics start|caption=College statistics<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/charmin-smith-1.html|title= Charmin Smith College Stats|publisher=Sports-Reference|accessdate=April 11, 2024}}</ref>}} |- | align="left" | 1993–94 | align="left" | Stanford |24||-||-||'''43.5'''||'''36.4'''||'''75.0'''||1.1||0.4||0.2||0.2||-||1.5 |- | align="left" | 1994–95 | align="left" | Stanford |31||-||-||35.4||33.3||66.7||1.7||1.7||0.6||0.1||-||1.7 |- | align="left" | 1995–96 | align="left" | Stanford |32||-||-||29.2||25.9||65.0||'''3.5'''||1.9||0.7||'''0.3'''||-||2.8 |- | align="left" | 1996–97 | align="left" | Stanford |'''36'''||-||-||35.6||33.8||69.2||3.4||'''2.2'''||'''0.8'''||0.1||-||'''4.7''' |- class="sortbottom" | style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | '''Career''' |123||-||-||34.0||31.3||68.8||2.5||1.6||0.6||0.2||-||2.8 {{S-end}}
==Coaching career==
===Boston College=== Smith began her coaching career as an assistant under Cathy Inglese at Boston College in the 2003−04 season. The Eagles won their first Big East tournament championship, and were eliminated in the regional semifinals of the 2004 NCAA tournament.<ref name="Charmin Smith coaching history">{{Cite web|title=Charmin Smith Bio|url=http://www.calbears.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/charmin_smith_295727.html|access-date=December 21, 2025|publisher=University of California, Berkeley|archive-date=2013-04-10|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130410170110/http://www.calbears.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/charmin_smith_295727.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
===Stanford=== Smith was subsequently hired by Tara VanDerveer, under whom she played at Stanford, as an assistant for the Cardinal. In Smith's three years on VanDerveer's staff, the Cardinal went 87−16 overall, attaining a record of 49−5 in Pac-10 play, while winning two conference tournaments and making the Elite 8 twice.<ref name="Charmin Smith coaching history"/>
===California=== Smith joined Joanne Boyle's coaching staff at California in 2007. The Golden Bears won the 2010 WNIT and made postseason appearances in all of Boyle's remaining years as coach.
Smith remained on the California staff when Lindsay Gottlieb was named head coach in 2011. For the 2012−13 season, Gottlieb promoted Smith to associate head coach, helping to lead a team with high expectations coming off a second round NCAA tournament appearance in 2011−12.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.calbears.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/070212aaa.html |title=Charmin Smith Promoted to Associate head coach |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121028103556/http://www.calbears.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/070212aaa.html |archive-date=October 28, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[http://www.calbears.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/102912aaa.html Cal Tabbed No. 13 in AP Preseason Poll] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130215161205/http://www.calbears.com/sports/w-baskbl/spec-rel/102912aaa.html |date=2013-02-15 }}</ref> That year, California went 32–4 (17–1 in the Pac-10) and made their first ever Final Four appearance.
===New York Liberty=== On April 2, 2019, Smith joined Katie Smith's staff with the New York Liberty as an assistant coach.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hoopfeed.com/content/2019/04/02/ny-liberty-hires-cal-associate-coach-charmin-smith-as-an-assistant/ |title=NY Liberty hires Cal associate coach Charmin Smith as an assistant |publisher=Hoopfeed.com|date=April 2, 2019|accessdate=June 21, 2019}}</ref> She served in that capacity for roughly two and a half months.
===Return to California as head coach=== Following Lindsay Gottlieb's departure for the Cleveland Cavaliers nine days earlier, Smith returned to California on June 21, 2019, being announced as the 10th head coach in California Golden Bears history.<ref name="Charmin Smith named head coach"/> She departed New York with Katie Smith's blessing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://bearinsider.com/s/1455/charmin-smith-new-womens-basketball-head-coach |title=Charmin Smith New Women's Basketball Head Coach |publisher=Bear Insider|date=June 21, 2019|accessdate=June 21, 2019}}</ref>
==Head coaching record== {{CBB Yearly Record Start |type=coach |conference= |postseason=}} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead |name=California Golden Bears |startyear=2019 |conference=Pac-12 Conference |endyear=2024 }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2019–20 | name = California | overall = 12–19 | conference = 3–15 | confstanding = 12th | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2020–21 | name = California | overall = 1–16 | conference = 1–12 | confstanding = 12th | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2021–22 | name = California | overall = 11–13 | conference = 2–10 | confstanding = 11th | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2022–23 | name = California | overall = 13–17 | conference = 4–14 | confstanding = T–10th | postseason = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2023–24 | name = California | overall = 19–15 | conference = 7–11 | confstanding = T–8th | postseason = WBIT Second Round }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead |name=California Golden Bears |startyear=2024 |conference=Atlantic Coast Conference |endyear= }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2024–25 | name = California | overall = 25–9 | conference = 12–6 | confstanding = 7th | postseason = NCAA First Round }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2025–26 | name = California | overall = 21–15 | conference = 9–9 | confstanding = 10th | postseason = WBIT Quarterfinals }} {{CBB yearly record subtotal | name = California | overall = {{winning percentage|102|104|record=y}} | confrecord = {{winning percentage|38|77|record=y}} }} {{CBB Yearly Record End |overall= {{Winning percentage|102|104|record=y}} }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20111014230905/http://www.wnba.com/playerfile/charmin_smith/ WNBA Player Profile] *[http://www.calbears.com/sports/w-baskbl/cal-w-baskbl-body.html Cal Official Site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107191945/http://calbears.com/sports/w-baskbl/cal-w-baskbl-body.html |date=2009-01-07 }} *{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130402161434/http://thisiscalbasketball.com/ This is Cal Basketball]}}
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