Sport(s) | College baseball |
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Playing career | |
1980–81 | Mississippi College |
1982-83 | Baylor |
Position(s) | Pitcher |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1988–89 | Texas A&M (Grad. Asst.) |
1990–94 | Mississippi State (Asst.) |
1995–2015 | Baylor |
2017 | Santa Clara (Asst.) |
2017-pres | Auburn (Asst.) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 744–523–1 |
Tournaments | Big 12: 30-33 NCAA: 33-28 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Big 12 Regular Season (2000, 2005, 2012) | |
Awards | |
Big 12 Coach of the Year (2000, 2012) 2006 Baylor Athletics Hall of Fame Inductee |
Stephen Carr Smith (born February 2, 1961) is an American baseball coach and was the head coach at Baylor from 1995 to 2015.
Smith graduated from Gulfport High School in Gulfport, Mississippi, in 1979. While in high school, Smith played quarterback for the football team, leading Gulfport to the 1978 state championship, and pitcher for the baseball team, playing in the 1979 Mississippi High School All-Star Game.
Smith went on to attend Mississippi College where was played quarterback for the football team and pitcher for the baseball team. He transferred to Baylor University after two seasons, where he pitched for the Baylor Bears baseball team under Mickey Sullivan. In 1982, Smith led the Southwest Conference with a 1.72 ERA. He was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the fifth round of the 1983 Major League Baseball Draft.
Smith began his professional career in 1983 with the Rookie League Great Falls Giants of the Pioneer League. He spent the 1984 season with the Class A Fresno Giants of the California League and the Class AA Shreveport Captains of the Texas League. Smith spent the entire 1985 season as well as most of the 1986 season with the Fresno Giants before being called up to the Class AAA Phoenix Firebirds of the Pacific Coast League.