Havoc will continue to rule at Virginia Commonwealth University. VCU men’s basketball coach Shaka Smart resisted temptations to take himself and his trademark style elsewhere, agreeing in principle to ...

Shaka Smart has taken Virginia Commonwealth's brand to another level. The 37-year old head coach has turned the Rams into a perennial top-25 team after leading VCU to an unprecedented run to the Final ...

Shaka Smart finally received an offer he couldn't resist. Smart was introduced as the new basketball coach of Texas on Friday, leaving Virginia Commonwealth for the Longhorns after turning down ...

Shaka Smart has had quite the journey since bursting on the scene with the VCU Rams back in 2011 during March Madness. A run nobody saw coming. Smart led the Rams to a Final Four berth, where they ...

Ed McLaughlin knew the day he was hired in July 2012 as athletic director at Virginia Commonwealth what his first real crisis on the job would be: the day Shaka Smart told him he was leaving. That day ...

UPDATE: The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that Shaka Smart has turned down the Illinois coaching job. OK, so I wasn’t always sold on Shaka Smart. My oldest son, Jordan, has attended Smart’s ...

HOUSTON -- It was halftime of the Southwest Regional final, and upstart Virginia Commonwealth was 14 points ahead of top-seeded Kansas. Rams coach Shaka Smart, who is one week shy of his 34th birthday ...

AUSTIN, Texas -- Texas athletic director Steve Patterson is scheduled to travel Thursday to meet with Virginia Commonwealth coach Shaka Smart and make an offer to coach the Longhorns, a person with ...

VCU coach Shaka Smart has spurned Marquette. Smart called the Golden Eagles on Thursday and turned down the job after the school offered him a lucrative contract shortly after Buzz Williams left for ...