Head Coach Football and Girls Softball

Eisenhower High School

Inducted October 2021

Smith coached that 1992 Eisenhower football team, but his contributions for athletes at Eisenhower went well beyond that accomplishment.

Smith, a 1968 Eisenhower graduate who played three sports at Eisenhower, including football for coach John Alexander, went on to play football at Millikin.

Smith began teaching elementary PE in the district in 1972 and became the Eisenhower cross country coach in 1974. He was the head wrestling coach, then took over both the Eisenhower football and softball programs.

Smith coached the football team until 1999, making the playoffs in both 1992 and 1995, and the softball team until 1993. He then took over the Eisenhower baseball program and coached it until 2005, when he retired from teaching and coaching.