Keith Smart, the former head coach of the Golden State Warriors, Sacramento Kings and Cleveland Cavaliers, is taking over the reins at Utah Prep, the southern Utah school announced.

On Monday night, Utah Prep announced that it has hired Keith Smart as its boys basketball coach. Smart is perhaps best known for hitting the game winning shot in the 1987 NCAA national championship game for the Indiana Hoosiers, but he was a coach in the NBA from 2000-2019, with a few stints as a head coach.

Utah Prep's AJ Dybantsa is the No. 1 high school player in the country, and now he has an NBA-level head coach.

Keith Smart, a former Arkansas basketball assistant, was named the head coach of Utah Prep Academy in Hurricane, Utah, the school announced Monday. Smart, 60, was on staff under former Arkansas coach Eric Musselman from 2021-24. His hiring at Utah Prep came after the school parted ways with former coach Justin Yamzon two months into the season.

Utah Prep has a new head coach who has NBA coaching in his background. The high school in Hurricane, Utah, announced that Keith Smart would be their head coach moving forward, which means he will