BERKELEY - California women's basketball team head coach Charmin Smith was named to the 2024 100 Most Impactful People in Women's College Basketball list by Silver Waves Media Friday. The list is comprised of coaches, grassroots directors, event operators, executives and more, who continue to make a difference at the highest level. This marks the second such recognition for Smith as she was included in the list in 2020.
 
During her tenure leading the Golden Bears, Smith has used her platform to raise awareness around the lack of representation in women's basketball as well as social justice issued affecting the Black community.
 
One of the first things Smith did as head coach at Cal was re-branding the long-standing Cal Classic basketball tournament to the Raising The B.A.R (basketball, activism, representation) Invitational to highlight the Black women coaches in the sport and bring awareness to the lack of diversity in women's basketball college coaching.
 
She has also pushed for Cal athletics teams and the local community to join her staff and players in the annual Race For Change event which is used to raise funds for the Cal Athletics' Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging and Justice Office. Those funds are used to provide important programming for student-athletes and staff like the annual Black Student-Athlete Summit that the Cal Athletics department sends a large contingent to every year.
 
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