Luke Smith begins his second season on the Belmont men's basketball coaching staff in 2025-26, and first as assistant coach.

Smith served as director of player development in 2024-25.

With a wealth of experience as a player and coach, Smith will be charged with numerous responsibilities on Coach Alexander's staff, including scouting reports, player development, practice plans, and recruiting.

Smith returned to Belmont after spending the 2023-24 season as an assistant coach at Trevecca Nazarene University.

He served as head coach at Knoxville Catholic High School - his alma mater - in 2022-23.
 
The sharpshooter spent three seasons at Belmont and was an integral part of 77 victories, two OVC Regular Season Championships and an OVC Tournament Championship, an automatic bid to the 2020 NCAA Tournament and an at-large bid to the 2022 Postseason NIT.
 
Smith, a two-time Academic All-America selection, scored 1,588 career points with 273 made 3-point field goals.
 
“We’re thrilled to have Luke Smith on our staff,” Alexander said. “As a player, he was as much a coach on the floor as anyone I’ve ever coached.  In recent years he’s navigated being a successful Belmont player, a head coach, and a difference-making assistant, and the leadership skills that takes. I look forward to watching him kick down new doors in the coming years.”