Tom Smith (baseball coach)

Tom Smith
Sport(s) Baseball
Playing career
1973–1974 Western Carolina
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2008–2009 UNC Asheville (Asst.)
2010–2014 UNC Asheville
Head coaching record
Overall 86–177
Tournaments Big South: 0-2

Tom Smith is an American college baseball coach, formerly the head coach of the UNC Asheville Bulldogs baseball team. He retired from that position following the 2014 season after holding it for five years.[1]

Smith played at Western Carolina, where he earned a pair of varsity letters.[2] After completing his degree at Western in 1978, he became head coach at T. C. Roberson High School, where he led the Rams to three state championships, fourteen conference titles, and saw 20 players drafted in the Major League Baseball Draft. T. C. Roberson established itself as one of the top programs in the state during his 28 years as head coach, and Smith collected a record of 478–185. He retired after the 2006 season in order to watch his son, Kenny, play his final collegiate season at Western Carolina, after transferring from UNC Wilmington.[3][4] A year later, Smith became an assistant at UNC Asheville, and two years after that he was elevated to head coach.[5] Kenny is now an assistant at High Point.[1][6]

Head coaching record

Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
UNC Asheville (Big South Conference) (2010–2014)
2010 UNC Asheville 17–35 10–17 T-7th (10)
2011 UNC Asheville 15–37 7–20 10th (10)
2012 UNC Asheville 25–30 12–12 T-4th (11) Big South Tournament[lower-alpha 1]
2013 UNC Asheville 16–35 4–18 6th (South) (6)
2014 UNC Asheville 13–40 4–22 6th (South) (6)
UNC Asheville: 86–177 37–89
Total: 86–177

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

  1. ↑ The top eight finishers of the Big South's eleven teams qualified for the Tournament in 2012.

References

  1. 1 2 "Tom Smith". UNCA Bulldogs. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
  2. ↑ 2012 Baseball Media Guide. Western Carolina Catamounts. p. 81. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
  3. ↑ Jeremy Trantham (November 29, 2006). Times-News. Henderson, NC http://www.blueridgenow.com/article/20061129/NEWS/61129006?p=1&tc=pg#gsc.tab=0. Retrieved January 19, 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ "Kenny Smith". Western Carolina Catamounts. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Smith Promoted at UNC Asheville". College Baseball Daily. July 7, 2009. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
  6. ↑ "Kenny Smith joins HPU baseball coaching staff". High Point Panthers. Retrieved January 19, 2014.
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