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High School: Played Volleyball at Cheboygan High School and helped the Chiefs to three district championships...Received all-conference first team, all-region dream team, and MVP honors...Ran Track for Coach Ken Herman...Most Valuable on the Field for Track...A State Qualifier for Track...On the Honor Roll all 4 years...Member of National Honors Socitey. College: Was on the Dean's List...Involved in the Catholic Student Organization...Participated on the Scots JV Volleyball Team in 2005 and 2006...Was a member of the 2005-06 Swim and Dive Team.

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.