Charmin Smith

Charmin S Kmith is the current Associate Head Coach of the University of California, Berkeley women's basketball team where she has been since 2007. She is a native of St. Louis, Missouri (Ladue Horton Watkins High School, class of 1993). Smith played in American Basketball League or ABL and then the WNBA. Her brother Charles was her role model for basketball when she was growing up.

Playing career

After her years at Stanford, Smith played one year with the Portland Power in the ABL. She would be signed by the Minnesota Lynx for the 1999 WNBA season. In 2000 the Seattle Storm picked her up in the expansion draft, and she would play for the Storm for the 2000 and 2001 seasons. She would play one more season in the WNBA for the Phoenix Mercury in 2003. Smith went overseas in 2003 to play for the Swedish team Solna Vikings before retiring from the sport as a player. During her off seasons with the WNBA Smith would work as a production assistant and editor with NBA entertainment, as well as with the Seattle Storm CR office.