Now entering his seventh season as Head coach, Smith has positioned the Hornets soccer program as one of the top in the Southwestern Athletic Conference.
Under Smith, 2012 was a breakout season for the emerging program. ASU won a program high seven games, highlighted by out-of-conference wins over the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga of the Southern Conference and Lipscomb University of the Atlantic Sun Conference. The two victories were the highest profile wins for the SWAC.
Smith's ability to recruit and build a program were evident, with a total of five player earning post season honors, including Alexandria Cannon being named College Sports Madness Player of the Year and first team All-SWAC; Anastasia McCleary and Freshman of the Year and first team All-SWAC; and India Pleasant first team All-SWAC.
Smith's teams also performed at a high level off the field as evidenced by an impressive six consecutive years being recognized by the National Soccer Coach Association of America (NSCAA) for winning the Team Academic Award with a Grade Point Average of 3.0 or higher.
Among the highlights of Smith's years at the helm was the nothcing of his 100th career win. A 1-0 road victory over in-state conference rival Alabama A&M, which also clinched a berth in the SWAC Tournament.
Entering his 19th year as a head coach with a career record 114-144-10, Smith has had success with stops at Georgia State University and Mercer University. His 1997 squad at Georgia State was the most decorated in the Panther's history capturing the Trans-America Athletic Conference Championship, as well as a bid in the NCAA National Tournament, still the only ones for the Panthers. During his tenure with the Panthers, his players garnered the TAAC Player of the Year, the TAAC Tournament MVP, the A-Suun Freshman of the Year, the NSCAA All-South ad 14 All-TAAC and A-Sun honors along with eleven years of the NSCAA Team Academic Award.
An active Coach among his coaching peers, Smith currently serves on the NSCAA National Rankings Committee as well as the NCAA Central Region Ranking committee. Also serving stints on the NCAA National Soccer Championship Site Official.
A familiar figure in the youth coaching circles as well, Smith coaches with the Capitol City Streaks, a premier youth soccer club here in Montgomery and is a member of the Alabama Olympic Development program coaching staff. Further, Smith is one of the directors of the Ralph Lundy Soccer Academy, one of the most well-known camps in the Southeast region. He holds a USSF National License, NSCAA National Diploma and a USYSA Youth National Diploma.
Smith and his wife, Tracy, live in Montgomery.
