Jason Smith named Masters Academy International's first head basketball coach

Brewster Academy's wins since 2000: 700. Masters Academy International's wins: 0. Jason Smith, who coached Brewster Academy (Wolfeboro, NH) to each of those victories this century, last week announced his departure from the institution to take the head coaching position at the $82 million academy in Stow, Massachusetts, that's set to begin operations this fall.

"I don’t think there's anything like Masters Academy International at the moment in this region," he said in an interview with USA TODAY High School Sports . "It offered an opportunity to do something that I think is very unique. " Over his 26 years at Brewster, Smith led 13 seasons of 30 more wins, seven New England Class AAA Tournament Championships, 10 New England Preparatory School Athletic Council (NEPSAC) Class AAA Regular Season titles and competition in the Nike EYBL Scholastic conference.

He coached more than 200 athletes who would become NCAA Div. I players and 25 who would make the NBA, including Donovan Mitchell, Matas Buzelis and T. J.

Warren. "We were very fortunate to have had a lot of talented kids over the years, kids that took advantage of the platform that we were able to provide," Smith said. "Any time you have great players, surround yourself with outstanding coaches, you're going to have some level of success.