Mike Smith (football manager)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Michael John Smith | ||
| Date of birth | 1937 (age 79–80) | ||
| Place of birth | Hendon, England | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Corinthian Casuals | |||
| Teams managed | |||
| 1974–1979 | Wales | ||
| 1979–1982 | Hull City | ||
| 1985–1988 | Egypt | ||
| 1994–1995 | Wales | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Michael John "Mike" Smith (born 1937) is a former football manager, who managed the Wales and Egypt national teams and Hull City. Before becoming a manager, he had a playing career as an amateur, playing for the Corinthian Casuals.
Smith was born in Hendon, the son of a professional footballer. As a youth, he represented Middlesex at Under-15 and Under-18 levels and was a member of the FA Youth team which played a tournament in Strasbourg in 1953.
He trained at Loughborough College of Education before becoming a teacher. He decided to remain in teaching rather than becoming a professional footballer but played as an amateur for the Corinthian Casuals.
Smith spent nine years coaching in Sussex before becoming team manager and coach to the Conference of English Grammar Schools. He was then appointed the Football Association of Wales Director of Coaching with responsibility for managing the Welsh amateur and youth international teams.
In 1974, Smith succeeded Dave Bowen to become the first English-born manager and first full-time manager of the Wales national football team, and guided Wales to through their qualifying group before losing a play-off against Yugoslavia to reach the Finals proper 1976 European Football Championship. He was replaced by Mike England in 1979.
In December 1979, he was appointed manager of Hull City but was sacked, along with coach Cyril Lea in March 1982.
Following a spell in sports promotion in Nottingham, Smith became the manager of Egypt in 1985. He led the team to victory in the 1986 African Cup of Nations; the only British manager to have won the competition as a coach.
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