Q&A with Assistant Coach Nevada Smith, Year 5
Marquette’s assistant coach Nevada Smith discusses the team’s evolution, emphasizing increased athleticism, expected defensive strategies, and promising talents like Nigel James and Caedin Hamilton.
Marquette’s assistant coach Nevada Smith discusses the team’s evolution, emphasizing increased athleticism, expected defensive strategies, and promising talents like Nigel James and Caedin Hamilton.
Without 2 of the best shot creators Marquette has ever seen, I wanted to flesh out what Marquette’s offense might look like in 2025.
Assistant Coach Nevada Smith believes this iteration of Marquette can be potent on offense with additional shooting and spacing, and a bigger emphasis on offensive rebounding.
If it feels like Marquette is on defense much more than it is on offense, you are not alone and not wrong.
Marquette’s offensive coordinator has seen it all—and adapted everywhere he’s been on his unlikely journey.
Now an official assistant coach, Nevada Smith came by for the third time in 3 years to talk all things Marquette basketball.