Full Name: Demetrius Lamar Smith

Title: Student Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach

Date Hired: June 2004

No. Seasons with Tide: 1st as coach; played four seasons (2001-02-03-04)

Duties: Film exchange

Hometown: Hogansville, Georgia

Birthdate/City: November 26, 1981, Hogansville, Georgia

Family: Son of Gabriel Pasha; brothers Kelvin Smith, Norris Lakes Jr., and Braint Lakes; sisters Duveda Lakes and Jennifer Lakes; nephew of the late Derek Smith who played basketball in the NBA and was on Louisville’s 1980 national championship team

High School:

2000 graduate of Calloway High School in Hogansville, Ga.

High School Career Highlights:

1999 USA Men’s Youth Development Festival South Team member which won the gold medal

1999 and 2000 Georgia Class A Player of the Year

2000 Southern Hoops All-Star, playing for Georgia All-Stars

Two-time All-State in 1999 and 2000

Averaged 23.3 points, 8.9 rebounds and 8.1 assists his senior season at Calloway High school

Also played football (quarterback) and baseball (pitcher) in high school

College:

University of Alabama, Bachelor of Arts and Sciences degree in Criminal Justice, May 2004

Collegiate Career Highlights:

Four-year letter winner for the Crimson Tide. Played guard.

Key member of Alabama’s 2002 SEC Champions team

Three NCAA tournament trips, including 2002, 2003 and 2004 (NCAA Elite 8)

Played on 2001 NIT Final Four team

Played in 94 career games for Alabama, starting in four games, three times his senior season in 2004; known for his strong defensive play

Coaching Experience:

This is his first coaching job

Misc. Career Notes:

Key contributing player on Alabama’s 2002 SEC regular season champions team (and SEC tournament championship game team)

Alabama advanced to the postseason all four years he played, three NCAA trips and one NIT.