Jay Smith
Jay Smith may refer to:
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Jay Smith (basketball)
Jay Steven Smith (born June 21, 1961), is an American college basketball coach. He currently is an assistant coach for the University of Detroit. He is the former head coach of Grand Valley State University (1996–97) and Central Michigan University (1997–2006). He has also been an assistant coach at Michigan. As a head coach, his career record is 118–166 (.415).
In 2000-01, Smith led the Chippewas to the Mid-American Conference title, the first since 1987. The Chippewas would go on to win another Mid-American Conference title (2002–03), and would go to the NCAA tournament. The tournament appearance would be their first since 1987. This time winning in the first round over #15 Creighton. Center Chris Kaman was awarded conference player of the year as well as Defensive player of the year for his efforts. This earned Kaman a 1st. round, 6th overall pick in the 2003 NBA draft, he was selected by the Los Angeles Clippers.
Smith scored a Michigan state record 2,841 points during his playing career at Mio Au Sable High School (1976–79).
Jay Smith (Christian apologist)
Jay Smith (born 1954) is a Christian evangelist and apologist. Since 1983, he has been a full-time missionary with the Brethren in Christ Mission with a focus on polemics and apologetics among the Muslims of London.
Biography
Smith was born in India to Church of the United Brethren in Christ missionaries. His grandparents were also missionaries. He earned a B.A. from Messiah College and then a masters of Divinity from Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary in apologetics. In 1981, while studying for his masters, he took a seminar on Islam and noting that there were only 1,500 Christians administering to Muslims worldwide, he decided to become a missionary to the Muslim world and pursued a second Masters degree in Islamic studies from Fuller Theological Seminary. In 1987, he moved to Senegal as a missionary and in 1992, he moved to London where he continued his education working on a Ph.D at the London School of Theology. In 2001, he halted his education to concentrate on apologetics following a series of Islamic terrorist attacks (see the September 11 attacks, the 2002 Bali bombings; the 2002 Moscow theater hostage crisis, the 2004 Beslan school siege, the 2004 Madrid train bombings, and the 7 July 2005 London bombings). In 2007, he continued working on his Phd at the Melbourne School of Theology. Smith heads up the Hyde Park Christian Fellowship which emphasizes the use of Polemics with Muslims over Apologetics; and is often seen at Speakers Corner in Hyde Park, London.
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