The net worth of Tubby Smith, an American college basketball coach, is estimated to be $13 million and includes a salary.
Orlando Smith, who was born in Scotland, Maryland, in 1951, was known as Tubby Smith during his childhood due to his fondness for bathing.
Smith attended High Point College after receiving a scholarship from the University of Maryland, where he played basketball for all four seasons and was a finalist in receiving all-conference honors.
He completed his education in health and physical education and enlisted in the Air Force before pursuing basketball coaching at his previous high school.
From 1979 to 1986, Smith was an assistant at Virginia Commonwealth University, where he played for three Sun Belt Conference championship teams.
Following his stints as an assistant at the University of South Carolina and University of Kentucky, he secured his first head coaching job at the University of Tulsa.
With a record of 79-43 in four seasons with the Golden Hurricanes, Smith won two conference championships and made two appearances in the NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen. He then transitioned from coaching at the University of Georgia in the mid ’90s to taking on the role of coaching at the University of Kentucky, replacing Rick Pitino, who was winning a national championship.
In his debut season with the Wildcats, Smith replicated Pitino’s success by winning the title.
In Kentucky, he has a flawless regular season conference record, five SEC regular season championships, five SEC Tournament victories, six Sweet Sixteen appearances, and four Elite Eight appearances.
In 2007, he departed to work as a coach at the University of Minnesota, but was later dismissed in 2013 after a disappointing tenure.
Soon after, he secured a position at Texas Tech University.
The U.S. had Smith on their staff as a coach.
The gold medal in the 2000 Olympics was won by the American national team.
The Tubby Smith Foundation in Lexington, Kentucky is where he and his wife, Donna, are employed.