Tangela Smith
Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Script error: No such module "Infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Tangela Nicole Smith (born April 1, 1977) is an American former basketball player in the WNBA. Smith played the bulk of her career for the Sacramento Monarchs and the Phoenix Mercury where she won two WNBA Championships. She is currently an assistant coach for the Northwestern Wildcats of the Big Ten Conference.
High school
Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Smith attended George Washington High School, where she was named a 1994 Kodak High School All-American. Smith was named a High School All-American by the WBCA.[1] She participated in the WBCA High School All-America Game in 1994, scoring three points.[2]
College
Smith graduated from the University of Iowa in 1998. She won the 1998 Big Ten Player of the Year award. She was also a 1998 Kodak/WBCA All-America honorable mention and earned 1996 and 1998 All-Big Ten first team and 1997 All-Big Ten honorable mention accolades.
USA Basketball
Smith competed with USA Basketball as a member of the 1997 Jones Cup Team that won the silver medal in Taipei. Several of the games were close, with the USA team winning four games by six points or fewer, including an overtime game in the semifinal match against Japan. The gold medal game against South Korea was also close, but the USA fell 76–71 to claim the silver medal for the event. Smith averaged 8.0 points per game.[3]
WNBA career
Smith was selected 12th overall in the 1998 WNBA draft by the Sacramento Monarchs. She played 6 seasons for the Monarchs, helping them reach the playoffs five times.
In 2005, she was traded to the Sting in exchange for Nicole Powell. Charlotte folded following the 2006 season and Smith's rights were acquired by the Minnesota Lynx in the 2007 dispersal draft.[4]
On draft day in April 2007, she was traded to the Phoenix Mercury for No. 1 overall pick Lindsey Harding.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
On Friday, 13 August 2010 she overtook Vickie Johnson and became the WNBA's all-time leader in games played with 411 in 13 seasons.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". During her time in the league she missed 15 games.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
International career
In the WNBA offseason in 1998–99, Smith was a professional basketball player in Italy, Israel, South Korea and Turkey. In 2001, she helped the Botasspor squad win the Turkish league crown. In 2002, she helped the Shinsegae Coolcats win the Korean league championship. Now she plays in the Hungarian Championship since February 2013, for the 2012 Champion Team, HAT-AGRO UNI Győr.
Coaching career
Tangela Smith began her coaching career in 2014 at Western Michigan University on Shane Clipfell's staff. As an assistant coach, Smith helped WMU to a 74–56 record over four seasons.
On July 6, 2018, it was announced that Smith was hired as an assistant coach and would join Joe McKeown's staff at Northwestern University. This would mark a return to the Big 10 where she played collegiately.
Career statistics
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WNBA career statistics
Regular season
Template:WNBA player statistics start |- | align="left" | 1998 | align="left" | Sacramento |28||10||25.3||40.1||35.7||74.1||4.6||1.0||0.6||1.6||1.7||9.6 |- | align="left" | 1999 | align="left" | Sacramento |31||3||20.4||44.3||50.0||65.3||3.8||0.5||0.8||1.2||1.2||8.3 |- | align="left" | 2000 | align="left" | Sacramento |32||32||28.9||47.4||0.0||78.3||5.6||1.3||0.9||2.0||1.9||12.1 |- | align="left" | 2001 | align="left" | Sacramento |32||32||28.5||42.0||0.0||72.9||5.6||1.3||1.1||1.7||2.1||11.2 |- | align="left" | 2002 | align="left" | Sacramento |32||32||33.2||42.3||35.7||85.1||5.9||1.3||0.8||1.4||1.8||14.7 |- | align="left" | 2003 | align="left" | Sacramento |34||34||29.0||44.0||26.5||70.7||5.5||1.5||1.3||0.9||1.6||12.6 |- | align="left" | 2004 | align="left" | Sacramento |34||33||26.7||41.1||17.2||80.4||4.1||1.5||1.1||0.7||1.6||11.2 |- | align="left" | 2005 | align="left" | Charlotte |31||31||34.3||41.7||0.0||79.8||5.2||1.3||1.6||1.0||2.7||13.6 |- | align="left" | 2006 | align="left" | Charlotte |34||34||28.6||42.1||36.5||74.4||5.3||1.5||1.2||0.9||2.1||13.1 |- | align="left" | 2007 | align="left" | Phoenix |34||34||31.5||41.4||32.8||78.8||6.5||1.3||1.2||1.6||1.6||12.6 |- | align="left" | 2008 | align="left" | Phoenix |25||25||28.9||41.7||34.8||86.7||7.0||1.1||1.1||1.2||1.6||11.1 |- | align="left" | 2009 | align="left" | Phoenix |34||34||27.1||45.1||45.2||87.0||5.4||0.8||1.0||1.7||1.1||9.9 |- | align="left" | 2010 | align="left" | Phoenix |34||34||29.2||39.5||34.7||75.0||5.2||0.9||0.7||0.9||1.1||9.2 |- | align="left" | 2011 | align="left" | Indiana |33||32||21.5||37.1||34.0||88.2||3.1||1.5||0.7||0.5||1.3||7.2 |- | align="left" | 2012 | align="left" | San Antonio |15||0||10.0||41.7||28.6||100.0||1.1||0.9||0.1||0.2||0.5||2.5 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 15 years, 5 teams |463||400||27.5||42.3||34.3||77.7||5.0||1.2||1.0||1.2||1.6||10.9 |}
Playoffs
Template:WNBA player statistics start |- | align="left" | 1999 | align="left" | Sacramento |1||1||38.0||37.5||0.0||33.3||2.0||0.0||3.0||1.0||1.0||14.0 |- | align="left" | 2000 | align="left" | Sacramento |2||2||29.5||40.9||0.0||75.0||4.0||0.5||1.0||0.5||1.0||10.5 |- | align="left" | 2001 | align="left" | Sacramento |5||5||32.8||38.3||0.0||81.8||4.8||1.6||1.0||1.0||0.8||11.0 |- | align="left" | 2003 | align="left" | Sacramento |6||6||29.3||39.7||33.3||70.0||7.7||1.8||0.8||0.5||1.8||12.8 |- | align="left" | 2004 | align="left" | Sacramento |6||6||30.8||44.2||22.2||77.3||5.2||1.3||1.5||2.0||1.8||15.8 |- | align="left" | 2007 | align="left" | Phoenix |9||9||31.8||40.7||48.4||80.0||7.8||1.7||1.0||1.8||1.4||11.7 |- | align="left" | 2009 | align="left" | Phoenix |11||11||26.4||52.6||52.6||75.0||5.8||0.8||1.4||0.8||0.6||9.9 |- | align="left" | 2010 | align="left" | Phoenix |4||4||32.3||48.3||35.3||75.0||6.5||2.3||0.5||1.3||1.3||9.3 |- | align="left" | 2011 | align="left" | Indiana |6||6||27.5||40.7||40.9||100.0||5.3||1.7||0.8||1.0||2.2||9.5 |- | align="left" | 2012 | align="left" | San Antonio |2||0||4.5||33.3||0.0||0.0||0.5||0.5||0.0||0.0||0.0||1.0 |- | align="left" | Career | align="left" | 10 years, 4 teams |52||50||28.9||42.9||43.2||74.8||5.8||1.4||1.1||1.1||1.3||11.0 |}
College career statistics
Template:WNBA player statistics start |- | style="text-align:left;" | 1994–95 | style="text-align:left;" | Iowa |28||-||-||45.3||0.0||64.4||7.5||0.7||0.9||2.6||-||9.0 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 1995–96 | style="text-align:left;" | Iowa |31||-||-||47.1||11.1||68.1||7.0||2.5||1.3||2.2||-||13.6 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 1996-97 | style="text-align:left;" | Iowa |30||-||-||53.2||0.0||68.5||6.2||1.2||1.3||1.3||-||11.6 |- | style="text-align:left;" | 1997-98 | style="text-align:left;" | Iowa |29||-||-||55.9||0.0||70.3||8.4||1.3||1.4||1.9||-||19.9 |- | style="text-align:center;" colspan=2 | Career |118||-||-||51.0||6.7||68.3||7.3||1.5||1.2||2.0||-||13.5 |- class="sortbottom" |style="text-align:center;" colspan="14"|Statistics retrieved from Sports-Reference.[5]
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References
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External links
- Western Michigan Broncos coaching bio
- WNBA player profile
- U.S Basketball bio
- Official Tangela Smith website
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