Sean Smiley joined the Hobart coaching staff prior to the start of the 2017-18 season. He was a standout guard at the University of Buffalo and is a former assistant coach for the Bulls.
In 2017-18, Smiley helped the Statesmen to a 21-5 record, a program-record 15-game winning streak, the Liberty League regular season championship and the program's highest national ranking (No. 19). Hobart's coaches were voted the 2017-18 Liberty League Coaching Staff of the Year.
A native of Erie, Pa., Smiley was a 3-point threat for the Bulls from 2005-10. In 105 career games, he scored 631 points, including 132 triples which ranked fourth on the school's all-time list when he graduated. In 2007-08, Smiley was a team captain and averaged 8.00 points per game. A year later, he and his teammates went 21-12 and won the Mid-American Conference regular season championship. During his final season, Smiley made a career-high 52 3-pointers and averaged a career-high 8.7 points per game.
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A member of the 2010 MAC All-Academic Team, Smiley earned a bachelor's degree in communication from Buffalo.
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Following graduation, Smiley joined the coaching staff at his alma mater. The Bulls were 34-31 during his two seasons on the bench, including a 20-11 mark in 2011-12. The 2011-12 team ranked in the top 20 in the nation in rebounding (4th), assists (9th), rebounding margin (11th) and blocked shots (18th) while leading the MAC in a total of nine statistical categories.
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From 2014-16, Smiley was the assistant varsity boys basketball coach at Bishop Verot High School in Venice, Fla. He joins the Statesmen after spending the past eight months working for Team Carolina as the head coach of the AAU program's eighth grade team.
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