Kermit_Smith
Kermit Smith
American college baseball coach
Kermit Smith is an American college baseball coach and former player. Smith is the head coach of the Appalachian State Mountaineers baseball team.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Appalachian State |
| Conference | Sun Belt |
| Record | 162–211-1 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | Arcadia, Florida |
| Playing career | |
| 1997–2000 | Pfeiffer |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2001 | Belmont Abbey (asst.) |
| 2002–2009 | Belmont Abbey |
| 2010–2016 | Lander |
| 2017–present | Appalachian State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 641–573–2 |
| Tournaments | Sun Belt: 4–4 NCAA: 0–0 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
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Smith attended Pfeiffer University, where he was a member of the Falcons baseball team.
After a year as an assistant at Belmont Abbey College, Smith was named the head coach of the Crusaders at the age of 23. In 2009, Belmont Abbey advanced to the Division II College World Series where they finished 4th. Smith was named the Conference Carolinas Coach of the Year.[1]
In 2009, Smith was named the head coach at Lander University.[2] Smith lead the 2014 Bearcats squad to a school 52–9 season, winning the Peach Belt Conference Coach of the Year honors.[3]
On July 14, 2016, Smith was named the head coach of the Appalachian State Mountaineers baseball program.[4]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belmont Abbey Crusaders (Conference Carolinas) (2002–2009) | |||||||||
| 2002 | Belmont Abbey | 35–20 | 17–8 | T-1st | |||||
| 2003 | Belmont Abbey | 18–28–1 | 8–13–1 | 8th | |||||
| 2004 | Belmont Abbey | 12–42 | 5–19 | 9th | |||||
| 2005 | Belmont Abbey | 28–30 | 9–15 | 7th | |||||
| 2006 | Belmont Abbey | 24–34 | 13–11 | T-4th | |||||
| 2007 | Belmont Abbey | 31–23 | 16–7 | 2nd | |||||
| 2008 | Belmont Abbey | 41–22 | 16–8 | 3rd | |||||
| 2009 | Belmont Abbey | 46–26 | 14–5 | 1st | College World Series | ||||
| Belmont Abbey Crusaders: | 235–225–1 | 98–86–1 | |||||||
| Lander Bearcats (Peach Belt Conference) (2010–2016) | |||||||||
| 2010 | Lander | 24–26 | 6–18 | 5th | |||||
| 2011 | Lander | 29–24 | 11–12 | 4th | |||||
| 2012 | Lander | 38–20 | 18–12 | 4th | |||||
| 2013 | Lander | 35–16 | 19–11 | 5th | |||||
| 2014 | Lander | 52–9 | 24–6 | 1st | College World Series | ||||
| 2015 | Lander | 22–26 | 10–20 | 11th | |||||
| 2016 | Lander | 44–16 | 22–8 | 2nd | College World Series | ||||
| Lander Bearcats: | 244–137 | 110–87 | |||||||
| Appalachian State Mountaineers (Sun Belt Conference) (2017–present) | |||||||||
| 2017 | Appalachian State | 19–36 | 8–22 | 6th (East) | |||||
| 2018 | Appalachian State | 18–36 | 9–21 | 6th (East) | |||||
| 2019 | Appalachian State | 22–31 | 13–16 | 5th (East) | |||||
| 2020 | Appalachian State | 11–6 | 0–0 | (East) | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | ||||
| 2021 | Appalachian State | 21–31 | 11–10 | 4th (East) | Sun Belt Tournament | ||||
| 2022 | Appalachian State | 19–32 | 10–20 | 9th | |||||
| 2023 | Appalachian State | 30–25 | 16–13 | 2nd (East) | Sun Belt Tournament | ||||
| 2023 | Appalachian State | 22–14-1 | 8–9-1 | ||||||
| Appalachian State: | 162–211-1 | 74–111-1 | |||||||
| Total: | 641–573–2 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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- "2009 Baseball". www.conferencecarolinas.com. Conference Carolinas. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
- "Lander names Kermit Smith head baseball coach". www.landerbearcats.com. Lander University. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
- "Peach Belt Announces Baseball All-Conference Team". www.peachbelt.com. Peach Belt Conference. May 9, 2014. Retrieved January 25, 2019.
- "Kermit Smith Named Mountaineer Head Baseball Coach". www.sunbeltsports.org. Sun Belt Conference. July 14, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2019.