Coupeville Sports

Megan Smith, new Coupeville High School girls basketball head coach. (Photo by JohnsPhotos.net)

The circle is complete.

Megan Smith, the #4 scorer in Coupeville High School girls basketball, will be the new head coach of the program beginning this winter.

Smith, a 2010 CHS grad, replaces Scott Fox, who stepped down after two seasons to focus on his health.

Her hire will be official when the school board approves it at its next meeting.

A three-time Female Athlete of the Year during her days as a Wolf, Smith earned 12 letters playing volleyball, basketball, and softball.

On the hardwood, she led Coupeville in scoring all four seasons she played, from 2006-2007 through 2009-2010.

Smith finished with 1,042 points (or likely more, as a couple of games from her era are still unaccounted for in my pursuit of every point scored in a CHS varsity hoops contest.)

After high school, she played college basketball, before following her parents, Willie and Cherie Smith, into education — both as a teacher and coach.

Prior to nabbing the CHS head coaching gig, she put in two seasons at the middle school level, then another two as the high school JV coach.

Now she inherits a job her father held from 1994-2000, a time period when her mom was his main assistant on the bench.

That duo were the first to take a CHS girls hoops team to the state tourney, and the first to win a game with a Wolf girls team at the big dance in any sport.

Megan Smith inherits a squad which could return its entire roster from last season, since Coupeville had no seniors play during a pandemic-altered campaign.

Junior Audrianna Shaw led that team in scoring, while 8th grader Savina Wells edged big sis Izzy, a junior, for the #2 position.

“I’m so excited to continue to be a part of this basketball program that has always been such a big part of my life!,” Megan Smith said.

“I can’t wait to get on the court and get to work. We have a great group of athletes already and I know we are going to crush it this year.”