Ryan Smith Explained Why He Supports BYU [Video]

SALT LAKE CITY – Utah Jazz and Utah Hockey Club owner Ryan Smith supports BYU athletics.

There aren’t many games where you won’t find Smith, a BYU alum, and his family in the “Hollywood floor seats” near BYU basketball’s bench inside the Marriott Center.

Next year, those seats will be placed next to new BYU basketball head coach Kevin Young.

“It’s incredible that [Kevin Young] chose BYU because, after the movement we’ve seen in the NBA, he would definitely be in an NBA head coaching job,” Smith said to the KSL Sports Zone’s Hans & Scotty G.

The hiring of Young and his reported seven-year, $30 million contract has led many to wonder how involved Smith, who has a reported net worth of $2.2 billion, is in donating to BYU.