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This Week in Alma Athletics - October 3

Attention Scot fans!!!

Click HERE to download a PDF with information on the happening's in Alma Athletics this week, highlighted with a home women's soccer game Thursday against MIAA power Calvin and a men's soccer game against Olivet at Scotland Yard at 2 p.m. Saturday. The women's golf team wraps up its season at the MIAA Championships Friday and Saturday.

Remember, admission to all home athletic events is FREE for Alma College students, faculty and staff.

Keep up with the Scots on the web at www.alma.edu/athletics for daily updates!

Let's Go Scots!!!! 

Posted: Tue, October 4th, 2005 at 4:23PM

 

In the more than 100 years since its founding, Alma has stayed true to its roots by keeping its Scottish heritage alive. Today, Alma features a marching band clad in Kilts, a Scottish dance troupe, student pipers and its own tartan. Each year, the College hosts the Alma Highland Festival and Games, which feature traditional Scottish games and revelry.

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Coach Profile

Terry Smith

Terry Smith

Smith graduated from Michigan State University with a B.S. in Physical Education in 1984. After graduating, Smith got his start in coaching when he was the boy’s basketball coach at Fulton High School while working as a teacher at Ithaca High School. From there he moved to Cedar Springs High School were he coached and taught and won his first district championship in 1987.

The following year, Coach Smith got his first taste of coaching in the college ranks when he was an assistant men’s basketball coach at Ferris State University and was part of the team that won a GLIAC Championship and advanced to the quarterfinals of the NCAA DII Tournament.

After a year at FSU, Coach Smith left for Lake Superior State University where he served for three years as an assistant coach before being promoted to the head coach position in 1991. In five years time, Coach Smith had turned around the LSSU program. In 1996 his team won the first League Championship for LSSU since joining the GLIAC in 1978. During this time, Coach Smith also earned his M.A. in Physical Education from Central Michigan University.

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