Joel Smith enters his fourth season as an assistant coach for the Northeastern men's basketball program in 2024-25. Smith was a standout player for the Huskies from 2009-13 and played two seasons of professional basketball (2013-15) before joining the coaching ranks.
Smith came to Northeastern after spending the last three seasons as an assistant coach at the University of New Haven. There he helped the Chargers finish second in their conference and a NCAA East Region semifinals game in 2018-19, and followed that up with another Northeastern-10 Conference championship game in 2019-20, falling by two points in the finals. Smith served as the director of recruiting and was responsible for player development during his time at New Haven.
Previously, Smith began his career as a graduate assistant with the men's basketball team at Northeastern in 2013-14, spent time in the Northeastern Business Office (2012-18) and worked as the video coordinator for the men's basketball team (2016-18). He received a bachelor's degree and master's degree from Northeastern in 2012 and 2016, and is currently working on his MBA at New Haven. Smith played professional baseball for two seasons for Artenas in Argentina in 2013-14, and averaged 16.0 points per game for Correcaminos UAT in Mexico.
