Lyle Smith
| Sport(s) | Football, basketball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
March 17, 1916 Steptoe, Washington |
| Alma mater |
University of Idaho, B.S. 1939, M.S. 1946 |
| Playing career | |
| Football | |
| 1936–1938 | Idaho |
| Basketball | |
| 1936–1939 | Idaho |
| Position(s) |
Center (football) Guard (basketball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football | |
| 1946 | Boise JC (assistant) |
| 1947–1950 | Boise JC |
| 1952–1967 | Boise JC |
| Basketball | |
| 1946–1947 | Boise JC |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 1968–1981 | Boise State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 156–26–6 (football) 24–9 (basketball) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Football 1 NJCAA National (1958) 13 Intermountain Collegiate (1947–1950, 1952–1954, 1956–1958, 1961, 1965–1966) |
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Lyle H. Smith (born March 17, 1916) is a former American football and basketball player, coach, and college athletics administrator.
He served as the head football coach at Boise Junior College—now Boise State University—from 1947 to 1967 (except for military duty), compiling a record of 156–26–6 (.846). Smith was also the head basketball coach at BJC for one season in 1946–47, tallying a mark of 24–9, and the school athletic director from 1968 to 1981. Boise was a junior college program during Smith's coaching career; it moved up to four-year status in the NAIA in 1968, NCAA Division II in 1970, Division I-AA in 1978, and Division I-A in 1996.
Born in Steptoe, Washington, to Burrel F. and Addie (Humphrey) Smith, Smith was raised in Moscow, Idaho, and graduated from Moscow High School in 1934, after leading the Bears to consecutive state titles in basketball. He initially attended the University of Idaho's Southern Branch in Pocatello—now Idaho State University— for a year and then returned to his hometown to attend the University of Idaho, where he was a two-sport athlete for the Vandals, a center on the football team under head coach Ted Bank, and a guard on the basketball team, coached by Forrest Twogood. His teammates at Idaho included future coaches Steve Belko and Tony Knap.
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