Just a month before the start of full practices for the 2023-24 Louisville men’s basketball season, Kenny Payne could be in danger of losing his most notable assistant coach.
According to a report from college basketball insider Trilly Donovan of Burner Ball (what a world), both Smith and LSU assistant Cody Toppert are interviewing for the Capital City Go-Go head coaching job. The Go-Go are the G-league affiliate for the Washington Wizards.
Nolan Smith arrived in Louisville in 2022 as an assistant on Kenny Payne’s staff. He spent the previous six years in different roles on Mike Krzyzewski’s staff at Duke.