Ithaca College Athletics

Matthew Smith finished his second season as an assistant coach with the men's basketball program in 2023-24.

Ithaca won the regular season title during Smith's first year with the team as the Bombers went 18-8 in 2022-23.

Smith comes to South Hill after spending the last two seasons at The College at Brockport. The Golden Eagles went 18-8 this past winter with a second round appearance in the SUNYAC Tournament.

In 2019-20, Smith was an assistant at St. Joseph’s University-Long Island, and prior to that, he served as the director of basketball operations and head coach at Five Star Sports in Beijing, China from 2017-19.

Smith graduated from Brockport in May of 2017 with a degree in criminal justice and a minor in forensic science. He also completed his master’s degree in athletic administration at Brockport in May of 2022.

Smith was a three-year player (2015-2017) at Brockport where he played in 78 games throughout his career as a Golden Eagle.

Smith graduated from Northport High School on Long Island where he was a three-year varsity basketball starter. Smith was team captain for Northport’s Long Island Championship team in 2013. Smith was named All-Tournament MVP, as well as being named All-Conference and All-League in his senior season.