Robert Smart (born 1978) is a Canadian

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coach and former professional player. As an interim head coach, he guided the

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to the 2016

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national championship. He is the nephew of

Dave Smart Dave Smart (born 1966) is a Canadian former basketball coach. He served as the head men's basketball coach at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario from 1999 to 2019, where he led the Ravens to thirteen of the team's fifteen overall U Sports na ...

and cousins with

Aaron Doornekamp Aaron Rene Doornekamp (born December 5, 1985) is a Canadian-Dutch professional basketball player for Iberostar Tenerife of the Liga ACB. He was one of the greatest players in the history of the Carleton University Ravens men's college basketball ...

and Ben Doornekamp.

Career

Growing up in Napanee, Ontario, Smart played basketball at

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, before enrolling at

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of the NAIA where he played from 1997 to 1999 before transferring to Carleton. He won the CIS National Championship with the Ravens in 2003, while earning First Team All-Canadian honours. He was a member of Team Canada at the 2003 World University Games in

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and played professionally for

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in the German 2. Bundesliga in parts of the 2003-04 season. After returning to Canada, Smart pursued a PhD degree in management at Carleton University. His doctoral thesis was on "A Longitudinal Case Study of a Public-Sector Change Team". Smart joined the coaching staff of the Carleton Ravens men's basketball as an assistant to Dave Smart in 2004. He won U Sports national championships as an assistant in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 and 2019. In the 2015-16 season, he served as interim head coach, guiding the Ravens to another national title, while being presented with the Pat O'Brien Award as Coach of the Year at Carleton. He returned to the assistant coach position for the 2016-17 season. Besides his coaching duties, Smart is a faculty member at Carleton's

Sprott School of Business The Sprott School of Business is a doctoral-granting business school at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada – the nation’s capital. It is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB) and the Netw ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Smart, Rob Canadian basketball coaches Basketball people from Ontario Carleton Ravens basketball players 1978 births Living people