As has been widely rumored for weeks, Nolan Smith will be leaving the Duke basketball program to accept a position on Kenny Payne’s first coaching staff at Louisville.
According to ESPN’s Mark Spears, that position at U of L will be associate head coach.
Smith is the son of Derek Smith, who starred at Louisville from 1978-1982 before embarking on an 8-year NBA career. He then spent two seasons as an assistant coach for the Washington Bullets, a job he still held when he died suddenly of a heart attack in 1996.
Nolan Smith was born in Louisville and developed into one of the most highly sought-after players in the recruiting class of 2007.