Earl Smith (coach)

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Earl Smith
Sport(s)	Football, basketball, baseball
Biographical details
Born	(1917-05-27)May 27, 1917 Micro, North Carolina
Died	August 5, 2012(2012-08-05) (aged 95) Fayetteville, North Carolina
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football 1946–1950 Basketball 1959–1963 Baseball 1963–1972	Campbell East Carolina East Carolina
Head coaching record
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

Norman Earl Smith (May 27, 1917 – August 5, 2012) was an American coach of many sports at Campbell University and also a basketball and baseball coach at East Carolina University. Born in Micro, North Carolina, Smith attended East Carolina and participated in baseball, basketball, and football from his sophomore year through his senior year.^[1] He resided in Fayetteville, North Carolina unil his death on August 5, 2012.

He graduated in 1939 and later became a football, basketball, baseball, tennis and cross country coach at Campbell University. Under Smith's guidance, Campbell won three straight North Carolina Junior College football championships (1946–48). He also led the 1948–49 and 1951–52 basketball teams an overall record of 29–20 including the junior college national tournament in Hutchinson, Kansas.

In 1959 Smith returned to ECU to become head coach of the Pirates basketball team. He led the team to a record of 53–40 in his four years of coaching. In 1963, after finishing his basketball coaching career, Smith turned to the ECU baseball team. He led them to a very impressive record of 185–103–2 in nine years. Of those 186 victories, the team finished first place in the Southern Conference in four consecutive years (1966–70). Smith has baseball's third highest winning percentage at .642.

He was inducted into the Pirate Hall of Fame in 1977, and the Campbell University Athletics Hall of Fame in April 1986.^[2] He later became a professional baseball scout for the San Diego Padres.

He died at a nursing home in 2012.^[3]^[4]^[5]

References

↑ "Norman Earl Smith". Retrieved 2008-11-17.
↑ "Campbell University Athletics Hall of Fame". Retrieved 2008-11-17.
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↑ Mention of Earl Smith's death
↑ Earl Smith's obituary

East Carolina Pirates men's basketball head coaches

C. W. Porter (1931–1932)
C. K. Beatty (1932–1934)
Doc Mathis (1934–1936)
Bo Farley (1936–1937)
J. D. Alexander (1937–1938)
Gordon Gilbert (1938–1939)
Bo Farley (1939–1940)
John Christenbury (1940–1943)
No team (1943–1944)
Unknown (1944–1945)
Earl Smith (1945–1946)
Jim Johnson (1946–1947)
Howard Porter (1947–1959)
Earl Smith (1959–1963)
Wendell Carr (1963–1966)
Tom Quinn (1966–1974)
Dave Patton (1974–1977)
Larry Gillman (1977–1979)
Dave Odom (1979–1982)
Charlie Harrison (1982–1987)
Mike Steele (1987–1991)
Eddie Payne (1991–1995)
Joe Dooley (1995–1999)
Bill Herrion (1999–2005)
Ricky Stokes (2005–2007)
Mack McCarthy (2007–2010)
Jeff Lebo (2010– )

East Carolina Pirates head baseball coaches

R. C. Deal (1932–1933)
W. O. Jolly (1934)
Bo Farley (1935–1938)
Gordon Gilbert (1939)
Bo Farley (1940)
John Christenbury (1941)
Unknown (1942)
No team (1943–1945)
Unknown (1946–1949)
Jack Boone (1950–1953)
Jim Mallory (1954–1962)
Earl Smith (1973–1972)
Jim Mallory (1973)
George Williams (1974–1976)
Monte Little (1977–1979)
Hal Baird (1980–1984)
Gary Overton (1985–1997)
Keith LeClair (1998–2002)
Randy Mazey (2003–2005)
Billy Godwin (2006– )

v t e Campbell Fighting Camels head football coaches

Coaches Baker & Edge (1925) No team (1926) Unknown (1927–1928) Bob Hays (1929–1931) S. O. Brandon (1932–1934) Gaffney Smith (1935) H. H. Smith (1936–1939) No team (1940–1945) Unknown (1946–1947) Earl Smith (1948) Unknown (1949–1950) No team (1951–2007) Dale Steele (2008–2012) Mike Minter (2013– )

v t e Campbell Fighting Camels basketball head coaches

Earl Smith (1951–1953) Fred McCall (1953–1969) Danny Roberts (1969–1983) Jerry Smith (1983–1985) Billy Lee (1985–2003) Robbie Laing (2003–2013) Kevin McGeehan (2013– )

Persondata
Name	Smith, Earl
Alternative names
Short description	American sports coach
Date of birth	May 27, 1917
Place of birth	Micro, North Carolina
Date of death	August 5, 2012
Place of death	Fayetteville, North Carolina

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