Tanner Smith (basketball)
Smith with Clemson | |
| Appalachian State Mountaineers | |
|---|---|
| Position | Assistant coach |
| League | Sun Belt Conference |
| Personal information | |
| Born | March 30, 1990 Alpharetta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Listed height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
| Listed weight | 210 lb (95 kg) |
| Career information | |
| High school | Wesleyan School (Norcross, Georgia) |
| College | Clemson (2008–2012) |
| NBA draft | 2012: undrafted |
| Playing career | 2012–2014 |
| Position | Shooting guard |
| Number | 5 |
| Coaching career | 2014–present |
| Career history | |
| As a player: | |
| 2012–2013 | Landstede Basketbal |
| 2013–2014 | MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg |
| As a coach: | |
| 2014–2015 | Mississippi State (graduate assistant) |
| 2015–2017 | Charlotte 49ers (Dir. of Basketball Operations) |
| 2017–2018 | Charlotte 49ers (assistant) |
| 2018–2019 | Mississippi State (Dir. of Basketball Operations) |
| 2019–2021 | Kennesaw State (assistant) |
| 2021–2023 | Stephen F. Austin (assistant) |
| 2023–present | Appalachian State (assistant) |
| Career highlights | |
Tanner James Smith (born March 30, 1990) is a former American professional basketball player and is currently an assistant coach for Appalachian State.
Smith played professionally for MHP Riesen Ludwigsburg in the Basketball Bundesliga in Germany and Landstede Basketball in the Netherlands. He played for Clemson University.
Smith has been noted by such sources as The Post and Courier, The Times and Democrat, and The Atlanta Journal-Constitution for founding Tanner's Totes, an organization that helps to cheer up children and teenagers with cancer through donations of large tote bags filled with toys and other recreational items. Tanner's Totes have delivered to hospitals in 25 states across the US. Over 3000 totes have been delivered. Smith has also been interviewed by ESPN in print and in televised interviews and has been featured on the ABC special "Everyday Health".
Tanner Smith graduated in December 2011 with a degree in Marketing and finished playing his final season at Clemson as a graduate student.