Bernard Smack joined the Roadrunners in October 2025 as an assistant athletic trainer, working directly with UTSA men's basketball.
Smack arrived in San Antonio following two years at St. John's, serving as the primary athletic trainer for Rick Pitino's men's basketball squad, as well as men's golf. Smack supported a basketball team that first reached the Big East semifinal in 2023-24 and then surged to a 31-5 record in 2024-25, with regular season and tournament Big East titles, earning a No. 2 seed in reaching the NCAA tournament for the first time in five years.
He joined the Red Storm staff in June 2023 as an assistant athletic trainer and previously the Philadelphia native spent one season with Pitino and his staff at Iona University. During his time in New Rochelle, Smack was part of the Gaels' 2023 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) championship run and appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
Prior to Iona, Smack held full-time athletic training positions at Harcum College and Albright College where he worked with the men's basketball programs at both institutions. Before his time working in collegiate athletics, Smack held various internships with the Philadelphia Eagles, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Florida International University and Shippensburg University while also spending his clinical rotation with the University of Miami and Lock Haven University. The former Division II football standout graduated with a bachelor's degree in athletic training from Lock Haven in 2016.
Smack earned his master's degree in performance enhancement & injury prevention from California University of Pennsylvania in 2018.