Garey Smith will be entering his ninth season at Grand View. Smith has led the Vikings to three trips to the conference championship game and advancing to the NAIA National Tournament in 2003.

A native of Nevada, Iowa, Smith came to the Vikings from William Penn University in Oskaloosa, Iowa. In 18 seasons with the women's program at William Penn, he coached the Statesmen to six Iowa Conference titles and five NCAA Division III tournament appearances. Smith coached eight NCAA Division III All-Americans, eleven 1,000-point scorers and one 2,000-point scorer. He was honored in 1986, 1988, and 1989 with the Converse Regional Coach of the Year award.

Smith is a 1974 and 1986 graduate of Northwest Missouri State in Maryville, Missouri. His first head coaching job was with Fairfax H.S. in Fairfax, Missouri, where he led the team to the 1980 state championship. In 1989, Smith was inducted into the Missouri H.S. Coach's Hall of Fame.

Coach Smith resides in Maxwell with his wife Carole.

                          

Coach Walker is in his second year as the Assistant Varsity Women's Basketball Coach at Grand View. He joined the Viking staff in June of 2008 after showing success as both a Head Coach at the High School level, and as a Collegiate Summer League Coach. Brent has been around and involved in Women's Basketball in some fashion most of his life, and brings a great deal of experience and knowledge to the team. Brent lives in Ankeny with his 6 year old daughter, Lillian.