Beverly "Bev" Smith (born April 4, 1960) is a Canadian basketball player and coach. Smith played college basketball at the

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, where she was named a

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All-American in 1981 and 1982. Her 2004 team made the

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, after finishing 2nd in the

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; that was her second 20-win season. Oregon defeated

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to advance to the 2nd round. In 2016, Smith was named to the Pac-12 women's basketball all-century team. Smith led

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's national team to a medal in the

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. While playing at Oregon, the team had a record of 93–19. She held school records for points in a game (38), points in a season (632), points in a career (2,063), rebounds in a game (26), rebounds in a season (376), rebounds in a career (1,362), and assists in a career (443). Smith played in Italian clubs

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(1982-1985, 1989–1990) and Ferrara (1986-1988), winning three Italian championships and two European Cups. She was the women's basketball program head coach at the Oregon Ducks from 2001 to 2009, having succeeded controversial coach Jody Runge. She posted a Pac-10 conference record of 61-83 and an overall record of 123-121 The 2002 team won the

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Championship. The 2005 team won a first-round game in the NCAA tournament. The 2007 team received a bye in the WNIT and won a second-round game. Later she became the assistant coach for the Canadian Women's National Team and helped lead the team to back-to-back gold medals in 2015 at the Pan American Games in Toronto and the FIBA Americas in Edmonton, qualifying for the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio. She is a member of the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame. In 2004, Smith was elected to the

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, located in

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1960 births Living people All-American college women's basketball players Basketball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Basketball people from British Columbia Canadian expatriate basketball people in Italy Canadian expatriate basketball people in the United States Canadian women's basketball coaches Canadian women's basketball players Olympic basketball players of Canada Oregon Ducks women's basketball coaches Oregon Ducks women's basketball players {{Canada-basketball-bio-stub