| Bob Smith | |
| Birth Date: | 6 December 1912 |
| Birth Place: | Cartersville, Georgia, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Clemson, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Player Sport1: | Football |
| Player Years2: | 1930–1933 |
| Player Team2: | Furman |
| Player Sport3: | Basketball |
| Player Years4: | 1930–1934 |
| Player Team4: | Furman |
| Player Sport5: | Baseball |
| Player Years6: | 1930–1934 |
| Player Team6: | Furman |
| Player Positions: | Halfback (football) |
| Coach Sport1: | Football |
| Coach Years2: | 1934 |
| Coach Team2: | Furman (backfield) |
| Coach Years3: | 1943 |
| Coach Team3: | Jacksonville NAS (assistant) |
| Coach Years4: | 1946–1947 |
| Coach Team4: | Furman |
| Coach Years5: | 1950–1969 |
| Coach Team5: | Clemson (assistant) |
| Coach Sport6: | Basketball |
| Coach Years7: | 1935–1942 |
| Coach Team7: | Furman |
| Coach Sport8: | Baseball |
| Coach Years9: | 1952–1957 |
| Overall Record: | 4–15 (football) 57–73 (basketball) 52–65–2 (baseball) |
Robert William Smith (December 6, 1912 – September 5, 1994) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach (1946–1947) and head men's basketball coach (1935–1942) at Furman University.[1]
In 1950, Smith joined the Clemson Tigers football team as an assistant coach under Frank Howard. He later served was the head baseball coach from 1952 to 1957.[2] In his role as Head Baseball Coach at Clemson University, he was named Atlantic Coast Conference Outstanding Coach of 1954.
His wife, Catherine Hampton Jordan Smith, was the first female mayor of Clemson, South Carolina.[3]