Shaka Smart is an American college basketball coach. Shaka Smart and his wife have one child together.
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Maya Payne Smart and Shaka Smart’s daughter, Zora Sanae Smart, was born in 2013. The couple has been very private about their personal lives, and not much is known about their relationship or how they met.
Maya Payne Smart is a renowned author and advocates for early literacy, dedicated to helping parents nurture and develop their children’s reading skills.
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Shaka Smart currently serves as the head men’s basketball coach at Marquette University. He is the program’s first Black head coach.
Since becoming head coach, Smart has led the Golden Eagles to a 19-13 record and a first-round NCAA tournament loss to the University of North Carolina. He is now in his second season.
Before joining Marquette, Smart was named head coach of the University of Texas men’s basketball team in 2015.


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