David Kress is in his second season as the Chief Strategist after a season as a graduate assistant with SMU Men’s Basketball. This is his sixth season working with Head Coach Andy Enfield.
SMU was 20-14 this past season, earning the program’s first NCAA Tournament bid since 2017. The Mustangs are 44-25 in his first two seasons, including a 21-17 ACC record.
In 2025-26, the Mustangs recorded a pair of top-25 wins for the first time in six seasons and were ranked in the AP Top 25 and USA Today Coaches Poll for the first time in nine seasons. SMU tied for the most All-ACC honorees with three and finished in the top-30 nationally in scoring, assists, field-goal percentage and three-point percentage.
In his first season on the Hilltop, the Mustangs went 24-11 and earned a No. 1 seed in the NIT. The Mustangs were one of just two teams in the nation with six players averaging at least 9.9 points and one of just eight teams in the NCAA top 50 for field goal percentage and field goal defense. SMU signed the nation’s fourth-ranked high school recruiting class, which is the best in program history.
This is his second stint with the Mustang program. Prior to rejoining SMU in May 2024, Kress spent three seasons as a student manager at USC (2021-24) under Coach Enfield. He began his undergraduate career at SMU with the Mustangs as a student manager (2019-21) with the men’s basketball program prior to transferring to USC.
Kress graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in Computer Engineering in May 2024. He is currently working towards a masters degree in Business Analytics at SMU in the Cox School of Business.
Updated: April 30, 2026
