Audra Smith, born January 23, 1970, is the head women's basketball

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 coach at the University of Alabama at Birmingham

University of Alabama at Birmingham

The University of Alabama at Birmingham is a public university in Birmingham in the U.S. state of Alabama. Developing from an extension center established in 1936, the institution became an autonomous institution in 1969 and is today one of three institutions in the University of Alabama System...

 (UAB). She has coached UAB for four seasons, and has turned the Blazers into a Conference USA power. During the 2006 season, UAB went 19-13, including a 12-4 Conference USA mark, as UAB set records for most Conference USA wins in a season. UAB was selected to the Women's National Invitation Tournament

Women's National Invitation Tournament

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 (WNIT) tournament that year, and made it to the second round. In the 2005 campaign, she posted a 14-14 record and a 7-9 CUSA record. She has previously coached at the University of Virginia

University of Virginia

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 as an assistant coach for 14 years. She also played college basketball there, and graduated with a degree in sociology

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in 1992.