LeRoy Smith

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Leroy Smith
Sport(s)	Football
Biographical details
Born	(1937-08-03) August 3, 1937
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1958 1964–1969 1970–1981	Mississippi Valley State Tuskegee Kentucky State
Head coaching record
Overall	106-77-7
Statistics College Football Data Warehouse

LeRoy Smith (born August 3, 1937) is a former American football coach in the United States. Coaching in four decades, his lifetime record was 106 wins, 77 losses, and 7 ties.

Coaching career

Mississippi Valley State

Smith's first head coaching position was at Mississippi Valley State in Itta Bena, Mississippi, where he coached the 1958 season. He was the third head coach for the Delta Devils and produced a record of 2 wins, 5 losses, and 1 ties. As of the conclusion of the 2007 season, this ranks him 12th at Mississippi Valley State in total wins and tenth at Mississippi Valley State in winning percentage (.313).^[1]^[2]

Tuskegee

Smith would wait 5 years and 11 months to become a head coach again. He was named the tenth head coach for the Tuskegee University Golden Tigers located in Tuskegee, Alabama and he held that position for six seasons, from 1964 until 1969. His coaching record at Tuskegee was 42 wins, 13 losses, and 3 ties. As of the conclusion of the 2007 season, this ranks him fifth at Tuskegee in total wins and fourth at Tuskegee in winning percentage (.750). ^[3]

Kentucky State

After his success at Tuskegee, Smith was the 16th head coach for the Kentucky State University Thorobreds located in Frankfort, Kentucky and he held that position for twelve seasons, from 1970 until 1981. His coaching record at Kentucky State was 62 wins, 59 losses, and 3 ties. As of the conclusion of the 2007 season, this ranks him second at Kentucky State in total wins and seventh at Kentucky State in winning percentage (.512).^[4] The school's media guide lists a slightly different result, having him coach for 12½ seasons, from 1970 to mid-way through the 1982 season, with a record at Kentucky State of 65 wins, 62 losses, and 3 ties (.500).^[5]

References

↑ Mississippi Valley State University coaching records
↑ The Sports Network Mississippi Valley State University annual football records
↑ Tuskegee University coaching records
↑ Kentucky State University coaching records
↑ Kentucky State University Football Media Guide, Coaching Records

External links

Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils head football coaches

Cleophers Hatcher (1953)
Ulysses S. McPherson (1954–1957)
LeRoy Smith (1958)
John A. Bell (1959–1960)
Doug Porter (1961–1965)
Curtis Maddox (1966–1967)
William Glossom (1968–1969)
Davis Weathersby (1970–1977)
James T. Thomas (1978–1979)
Archie Cooley (1980–1986)
Kenneth Pettiford (1987–1989)
Larry Dorsey (1990–1998)
LaTraia Jones (1999–2001)
Willie Totten (2002–2009)
Karl Morgan (2010–2013)
Rick Comegy (2014–)

Tuskegee Golden Tigers head football coaches

Clarence Matthews (1893)
No team (1894)
Clarence Matthews (1895)
No team (1896)
Charles Winter Wood (1897)
No team (1898)
Charles Winter Wood (1899–1901)
Ernest T. Attwell (1902–1912)
Gordon Thomas (1913–1914)
Charles L. Lewis (1915–1916)
James Gayle (1917–1921)
Victor Turner (1922)
Cleveland L. Abbott (1923–1954)
Whitney L. Van Cleve (1955–1963)
LeRoy Smith (1964–1969)
Haywood Scissum (1970–1980)
Lonzo Bullie (1981–1983)
James Martin (1984–1992)
Haney Catchings (1993–1995)
Rick Comegy (1996–2005)
Willie J. Slater (2006– )

Kentucky State Thorobreds head football coaches

Durall B. Evans (1921–1923)
Louis J. Harper (1924–1925)
Scott Brown (1926)
Roscoe C. Vaught (1927)
J. T. Williams (1928–1930)
Henry Kean (1931–1942)
No team (1943)
Norman Passmore (1944)
Bill Willis (1945)
Robert White (1946)
C. Randy Taylor (1947–1950)
George E. Edwards (1951–1956)
Joe Gilliam, Sr. (1957–1958)
Sam B. Taylor (1959–1962)
Mel Whedbee (1963–1967)
Charles Bates (1968–1969)
LeRoy Smith (1970–1982)
Ron Mitchell # (1982)
Larry Kirksey (1983)
Willie Williamson & Theo Lemon (1984)
James Walker (1985)
John K. Wright (1986)
William K. Head (1987–1989)
George James, Jr. (1990–1991)
Maurice Hunt (1992–1994)
George Small (1995–2000)
Donald Smith (2001–2003)
Cornell Burbage (2004)
Fred T. Farrier (2005–2008)
Wayne Dickens (2009– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Persondata
Name	Smith, Leroy
Alternative names
Short description	American football coach
Date of birth	August 3, 1937
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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