Staff Directory

JoAnna Smith

Title:
Assistant Coach/Director of Basketball Operations
Email:
Phone:
716-645-3849

JoAnna Smith is in her first season as Director of Basketball Operations with the UB women's basketball program after being hired by head coach Kristen Sharkey in September of 2025.

Smith had a decorated four-year career in the blue and white, capped by a special senior season in which she was named Second Team All-MAC, earning all-conference recognition for the second straight season, after averaging a team-best 17.2 points, 4.1 rebounds, 1.7 steals and 1.0 assists per game while notching a career-best 54 steals and connecting on 89 three-pointers, fourth most in a single season in program history.

The Southaven, MS native is the winningest player in program history since the Bulls joined the MAC in 1998-99, collecting 78 wins in 121 career games, which ranks fifth all-time. Smith ranks in the top 10 in program history in career points (1,395), field goals made (494) and three-point field goals made (208).

Smith graduated from UB in 2017 with a degree in Transnational and African American Studies. Following her UB career, she played professionally in Portugal and has served in various professional customer service organizations.