Kyle Smith

Born: 1966

Biography:

Kyle Andrew Smith (born June 26, 1969) is an American college basketball coach who is the men's head coach for the Stanford Cardinal of the ACC. Prior to joining the Cardinal, Smith was the head coach at Columbia University, the University of San Francisco, and Washington State University. In his final season at Columbia, he led the team to a CIT Championship over UC Irvine. His coaching style has been dubbed “Nerdball”, which is a system that utilizes analytics to track and make decisions on many aspects about the team. Kyle Smith (born 1966) is an American critic, columnist, and novelist. He is currently the film critic for The Wall Street Journal and the theater critic for The New Criterion. Earlier, he was critic-at-large for National Review, a film critic and columnist for the New York Post, and a contributor to The Wall Street Journal, People, New York, Forbes, The New York Times, and Commentary.