| Lyle Smith | |
|---|---|
| Sport(s) | Football, basketball |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | March 17, 1916 |
| Place of birth | Steptoe, Washington |
| Playing career | |
| Football 1936–1939 Basketball 1936–1939 |
Idaho Idaho |
| Position(s) | Center (football) Guard (basketball) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| Football 1946 1947–1950 1952–1967 Basketball 1946–1947 |
Boise JC (assistant) Boise JC Boise JC 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 in the United States. He served as the head football coach at Boise Junior College—now Boise State University—from 1947 to 1950 and from 1952 to 1967, compiling a record of 156–26–6. Smith was also the head basketball coach at Boise Junior College for on 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 NCAA Division II in 1968, Division I-AA in 1978, and Division I-A in 1996.
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Smith, the son of Burrel F. Smith and Addie (Humphrey) Smith, was raised in Moscow, Idaho, and graduated from Moscow High School in 1934. He initially attended the University of Idaho's Southern Branch—now Idaho State University in Pocatello—and then returned to his hometown tp attended the University of Idaho, where he was a two-sport athlete for the Vandals, a center on the football team and a guard on the basketball team. He received a bachelor's degree in 1939 and then embarked on a teaching career.
Smith entered the Navy in 1942 during World War II, and then became an assistant football coach at Boise Junior College in 1946, and its head coach the following year. Boise won the NJCAA National Football Championship in 1958.[1]
After stepping down as head coach and becoming athletic director, Smith hired former Vandal teammate Tony Knap to coach the Broncos in 1968, and Knap's successor Jim Criner in 1976.
The playing field at Bronco Stadium was dedicated in Smith's honor on November 8, 1980.[2]
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Boise Junior College Broncos (Intermountain Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1947–1950) | |||||||||
| 1947 | Boise JC | 9–0 | 1st | ||||||
| 1948 | Boise JC | 9–0 | 1st | ||||||
| 1949 | Boise JC | 10–0 | 1st | ||||||
| 1950 | Boise JC | 9–1 | 1st | ||||||
| Boise Junior College Broncos (Intermountain Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1952–1967) | |||||||||
| 1952 | Boise JC | 8–1 | 1st | ||||||
| 1953 | Boise JC | 8–1 | 1st | ||||||
| 1954 | Boise JC | 9–1–1 | 1st | ||||||
| 1955 | Boise JC | 7–2 | |||||||
| 1956 | Boise JC | 8–0–1 | 1st | ||||||
| 1957 | Boise JC | 9–1 | 1st | ||||||
| 1958 | Boise JC | 10–0 | 1st | ||||||
| 1959 | Boise JC | 7–2–1 | |||||||
| 1960 | Boise JC | 8–2 | |||||||
| 1961 | Boise JC | 9–1 | 1st | ||||||
| 1962 | Boise JC | 5–2–2 | |||||||
| 1963 | Boise JC | 5–3–1 | |||||||
| 1964 | Boise JC | 8–2 | |||||||
| 1965 | Boise JC | 9–2 | 1st | ||||||
| 1966 | Boise JC | 9–1 | 1st | ||||||
| 1967 | Boise JC | 6–4 | |||||||
| Boise JC: | 156–26–6 | ||||||||
| Total: | 156–26–6 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||
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