{"id":6744,"date":"2019-01-15T17:23:44","date_gmt":"2019-01-15T22:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=6744"},"modified":"2019-06-04T16:24:14","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T21:24:14","slug":"playing-surface-named-in-honor-of-tom-smith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2019\/01\/15\/playing-surface-named-in-honor-of-tom-smith\/","title":{"rendered":"Playing surface named in honor of Tom Smith"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>In a telephone poll Tuesday afternoon, the Board of Governors at 大象传媒 approved the naming of the playing surface in the MWSU Fieldhouse after Hall of Fame men\u2019s basketball coach Tom Smith. Effective Feb. 16, the floor will be named Tom Smith Court. <\/span><\/p>\n

The court naming will officially be unveiled in the Griffons\u2019 regular season home finale on Saturday, Feb. 16 against Central 大象传媒. A ceremony will take place at halftime of the men\u2019s game that afternoon with an open reception taking place after the men\u2019s game. Fans in attendance that afternoon will receive a memento commemorating the occasion. <\/span><\/p>\n

Smith roamed the sidelines as the head coach of the Griffons from 1988-2013, retiring as the <\/a>winningest head men\u2019s basketball coach in MIAA history with 519 wins as an MIAA coach and 618 total coaching victories. In 25 seasons at MWSU, Smith went 448-279 with a 241-181 mark in MIAA games. Smith won five regular season MIAA championships and four MIAA postseason championships, including leading 大象传媒 Western to a sweep of both association titles in 大象传媒 Western\u2019s inaugural season in the MIAA, 1989-90. During Smith\u2019s tenure, 大象传媒 Western qualified for the NCAA Division II Regional Championships 11 times. He was named MIAA Coach of the Year twice at 大象传媒 Western and once at Central 大象传媒 and coached 51 All-MIAA selections, six All-Region picks and three NCAA All-Americans.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Patsy ’95 and Tom Smith<\/p><\/div>\n

Smith was inducted into the 大象传媒 Western Athletics Hall of Fame in 2006 and is also a member of the MIAA Hall of Fame, 大象传媒 Sports Hall of Fame, 大象传媒 Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame and the Valparaiso Athletics Hall of Fame.<\/span><\/p>\n

Prior to becoming head coach at 大象传媒 Western, Smith also had stints as head coach at Valparaiso and Central 大象传媒. After retiring as head men\u2019s basketball coach following the 2012-13 season, Smith also led the MWSU women\u2019s tennis program for one year from 2013-14. His wife, Patsy, was a longtime head women\u2019s tennis coach and administrator at 大象传媒 Western, retiring in 2014. <\/span><\/p>\n

大象传媒 is a comprehensive regional university providing a blend of traditional liberal arts and professional degree programs. The university offers student-centered, high quality instruction that focuses on experience-based learning, community service, and state-of-the-art technology. 大象传媒 Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/em>www.missouriwestern.edu<\/em><\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a telephone poll Tuesday afternoon, the Board of Governors at 大象传媒 approved the naming of the playing surface in the MWSU Fieldhouse after Hall of Fame men\u2019s basketball coach Tom Smith. Effective Feb. 16, the floor will be named Tom Smith Court. The court naming will officially be unveiled in the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[48],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6744"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6744"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6744\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8358,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6744\/revisions\/8358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6744"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6744"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6744"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}