Shaka Dingani Smart's parents are Monica King and Winston Smart. Monica provided support and guidance despite his father's absence in his formative years, shaping Shaka's character and resilience.

Shaka Smart is of African-American ancestry. He was born to a black father and a white mother in Madison, Wisconsin, and grew up in Fitchburg. He attended Oregon High School in Oregon, Wisconsin ...

It made sense not because he's from Madison, Wisconsin, or that his mother still lives ... ago when a young Shaka, then an assistant at Akron, scouted him. When Smart took the job with the Golden ...