2nd Season
Chico State '13
Natasha Smith, a standout player at Cal State-Chico and former assistant coach at three institutions, was named assistant women's basketball coach at USF in November of 2016. She is in her second year of coaching for USF.
Before joining Coach Goodenbour's staff on the Hilltop, Smith was the assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Southern Oregon University where she helped the Raiders to a 33-2 record and an appearance in the NAIA Division II championship game. Southern Oregon won the Cascade Conference regular season and tournament championships and were the second-highest scoring team in NAIA Division II with an 86.2 point per game scoring mark. Smith worked closely with first team All-America Ashley Claussen and honorable mention All-America Carly Meister and headed up the Raiders' defense which ranked No. 2 in the country in steals, sixth in rebounding and 18th in blocked shots. She also directed the academic supervision of the team which produced eight players who earned academic all-conference honors.
Prior to her appointment at Southern Oregon, Smith served as an assistant on Goodenbour's staff at Cal State-Dominguez Hills for two seasons (2013-15). She helped the Toros compile a 46-17 record in her two seasons on the Carson campus, which included the 2015 CCAA regular season and conference tournament championships along with berths into the 2014 and '15 NCAA Division II Championship tournament.
Smith began her coaching career at Cal State-Chico, her alma mater, where she served as an assistant coach for the 2012-13 season, a year the Wildcats reached the championship game of the CCAA Tournament and earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Division II Championship.
A 2013 graduate of Cal State-Chico, Smith was a four-year standout on the basketball team and ended her career as the school's all-time leader in games played. She also ranked sixth all-time in scoring, third in assists, fourth in free throws made, fifth in steals and ninth in three-pointers made.
A native of Sacramento, Smith attended Sheldon High School where she was a two-time All-Delta League selection.
