Talk:Tangela Smith

Northwestern Assistant Coach

One of the most accomplished WNBA players in history, Tangela Smith joined the Wildcats as an assistant coach for the Northwestern women's basketball team in 2018. Smith was the No. 12 overall pick by the Sacramento Monarchs in the 1998 WNBA draft. In her WNBA career, she played for the Sacramento Monarchs, Charlotte Sting, Phoenix Mercury, Indiana Fever, and San Antonio Silver Stars. The Chicago native became just the seventh player in WNBA history to record 4,000 career points during her 15-year career. She also won 2 WNBA Championships for the Phoenix Mercury and was selected as a WNBA All-Star while playing for the Charlotte Sting. She retired from the WNBA in 2012, ranking in the top-10 in history in points, rebounds, blocks, field goals made, field goals attempted, and minutes played. On Friday, August 13, 2010, she became the WNBA's all-time leader in games played with 411 in 13 seasons. In the WNBA offseason, Smith played professional basketball in several countries such as Italy, Israel, South Korea, Turkey, China, Hungary, Poland and many more. She won 3 championships in Turkey, China and Korea while playing overseas.

Smith’s primary responsibilities for the Wildcats is post player development as well as the overall skill development of the team. In her first season with the Wildcats, she helped to develop the post play of Pallas Kunaiyi-Akpanah who went on to play professionally in Italy. Kunaiyi-Akpanah also represented her home country, Nigeria, in the 2020 Olympics, as well as winning the FIBA Women’s AfroBasket with the Nigerian National team in 2021.

In her second season with Northwestern, Smith coached Abbie Wolf and Abi Scheid through a regular season Big Ten championship. Scheid was named to the All-Big Ten First team for her senior campaign while Wolf earned honorable mention. Smith was instrumental in Wolf's development throughout her career and senior season. Wolf now plays professionally in Spain with Barça CBS, after spending her first year overseas with Club Deportivo Zamarat.

Smith, a standout student-athlete at The University of Iowa, came to Chicago's Big Ten Team after spending four seasons on the sidelines at Western Michigan following an outstanding WNBA career.

While at Iowa, Smith was named Big Ten Player of the Year in 1998 and was a first team All-Big Ten pick in 1996 and 1998. She led the Hawkeyes to Big Ten championships in both of those seasons and a conference tournament title in 1997. She finished her collegiate career ranked first in school history in blocks, third in rebounds, and seventh in scoring.

Born and raised in Chicago, IL, Smith attended George Washington High School in Chicago, where she was named a 1994 Kodak High School All-American. She also earned All-America honors from the WBCA and played in the WBCA High School All-America Game. Smith was also a member of the 1997 USA Basketball Jones Cup team that won the silver medal in Taipei, Taiwan.

Smith earned a Bachelor of Science degree in sports, health, leisure, and physical studies from the University of Iowa in 1998 and later received her master's in sports management from Western Michigan. 174.235.211.215 (talk) 00:13, 6 July 2022 (UTC)

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