{{Short description|American basketball player and coach}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Jaime Smith | image = Jaime Smith.jpg | image_size = | caption = Smith in Italy with Dinamo Sassari | position = Assistant coach | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | weight_lb = 183 | number = | league = Missouri Valley Conference | team = UIC Flames | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|7|11}} | birth_place = Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. | highschool = Hoover (Hoover, Alabama) | college = Alabama–Huntsville (2009–2013) | draft_year = 2013 | career_start = 2013 | career_end = 2023 | years1 = 2013–2014 | team1 = Lusitânia | years2 = 2014–2015 | team2 = Fribourg Olympic | years3 = 2015–2016 | team3 = Liège | years4 = 2016–2017 | team4 = Khimik | years5 = 2017–2018 | team5 = Cantù | years6 = 2018–2019 | team6 = Dinamo Sassari | years7 = 2019–2020 | team7 = Teksüt Bandırma | years8 = 2020 | team8 = Dinamo Sassari | years9 = 2020–2021 | team9 = Cantù | years10 = 2022–2023 | team10 = ADA Blois | coach_start = 2023 | cyears1 = 2023–2024 | cteam1 = Longwood (DPD) | cyears2 = 2024–present | cteam2 = UIC (assistant) | highlights = *FIBA Europe Cup champion (2019) }}
'''James Elliott "Jaime" Smith''' (born July 11, 1989) is an American basketball coach and former player who is currently an assistant coach at the University of Illinois Chicago.
==Professional career== In June 2015 Smith signed with the Belgium club Liège Basket, after a season with the Fribourg Olympic in Switzerland.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.sportando.com/it/europa/belgio/164030/liegi-firmato-jaime-smith.html |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=15 June 2015 |title=Liegi, firmato Jaime Smith |website=sportando.com |access-date=23 October 2017 |language=Italian |trans-title=Liège, signed Jaime Smith}}</ref>
On June 10, 2017, Jaime Smith signed with the Italian basketball club, Pallacanestro Cantù, in the top-tier LBA.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pallacanestrocantu.com/news.html?id=6629 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=10 June 2017 |title=JAIME SMITH E' IL NUOVO PLAYMAKER DELLA PALLACANESTRO CANTU' |website=pallacanestrocantu.com |access-date=23 October 2017 |language=Italian |trans-title=Jaime Smith is the new Pallacanestro Cantù's point guard}}</ref>
On June 7, 2018, Smith became new player for Dinamo Sassari.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ansa.it/sardegna/notizie/2018/06/07/dinamo-sassari-jaime-smith-nuovo-play_694275ec-0603-425c-98ce-1efc009e0af1.html |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=7 June 2018 |title=Dinamo Sassari, Jaime Smith nuovo play |website=ansa.it |language=Italian |trans-title=Dinamo Sassari, Jaime Smith new player}}</ref>
On August 1, 2019, he has signed contract with Teksüt Bandırma of the Turkish Basketball Super League (BSL).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/jaime-smith-is-a-newcomer-of-banvit/|title=Jaime Smith is a newcomer of Banvit|date=August 2, 2019|newspaper=Sportando|language=En|access-date=August 5, 2019|archive-date=March 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200311053044/https://sportando.basketball/en/jaime-smith-is-a-newcomer-of-banvit/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On March 2, 2020, he has signed with Dinamo Sassari of the Italian Lega Basket Serie A.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurobasket.com/Turkey/news/621290/Smith-is-back-at-Sassari,-ex-Bandirma|title=Smith is back at Sassari, ex Bandirma|last=|first=|date=March 2, 2020|website=|publisher=Eurobasket|language=En|access-date=March 2, 2020}}</ref>
On July 11, 2020, he has signed with Pallacanestro Cantù of the Lega Basket Serie A (LBA).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://sportando.basketball/en/cantu-announces-the-return-of-jaime-smith/|title=Cantù announces the return of Jaime Smith|last=|first=|date=July 11, 2020|website=|newspaper=Sportando|language=En|access-date=July 11, 2020}}</ref>
On July 5, 2022, after recovering from a torn ACL, he signed with the ADA Blois of the LNB Pro A.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.lanouvellerepublique.fr/blois/betclic-elite-l-ada-blois-signe-un-combo-guard-us | title=Betclic élite : l'ADA Blois Basket signe un nouveau meneur américain | date=5 July 2022 }}</ref>
==Coaching career== After the conclusion of his playing career, Smith returned to the United States as a coach. After spending a year as the director of player development at Longwood, he accepted a position as an assistant coach at UIC.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://uicflames.com/staff-directory/jaime-smith/2561| title=Jaime Smith| website=uicflames.com| access-date=November 8, 2025}}</ref>
==Personal life== Smith's older brother, Joe Troy Smith, also played professional basketball.{{cn|date=November 2025}}
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://web.legabasket.it/player/?id=SMI-JAI-89 Legabasket.it profile] *[http://www.uahchargers.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=155 UAH Chargers Player biography] *[https://uicflames.com/staff-directory/jaime-smith/2561 UIC Flames bio]
{{Dinamo Sassari 2018–19 FIBA Europe Cup champions}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Smith, Jaime}} Category:1989 births Category:Living people Category:ADA Blois Basket 41 players Category:Alabama–Huntsville Chargers men's basketball players Category:American expatriate basketball people in Belgium Category:American expatriate basketball people in Italy Category:American expatriate basketball people in Portugal Category:American expatriate basketball people in Switzerland Category:American expatriate basketball people in Ukraine Category:American men's basketball players Category:Bandırma B.İ.K. players Category:Basketball players from Birmingham, Alabama Category:BC Khimik players Category:Dinamo Sassari players Category:Fribourg Olympic players Category:Lega Basket Serie A players Category:Liège Basket players Category:Pallacanestro Cantù players Category:Point guards Category:Hoover High School (Alabama) alumni Category:S.C. Lusitânia (basketball) players Category:UIC Flames men's basketball coaches
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