George Fox University

Brad Smith was named the national high school girls basketball Coach of the Year by USA Today and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association while coaching at Oregon City High School. Entering the 1997-98 season, USA Today had ranked his teams No. 1 in the nation for three consecutive seasons, and OCHS had won five of the last six state championships. Between 1977 and 1997, his teams went 425-67 (.864), going 103-2 (.98 1) from 1993 to 1997.