Clyde B. Smith | |
Birth Date: | 4 February 1906 |
Birth Place: | Monongahela, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Death Place: | Tempe, Arizona, U.S. |
Player Years1: | 1926–1928 |
Player Team1: | Geneva |
Coach Years1: | 1929–1933 |
Coach Team1: | Red Stone HS (PA) |
Coach Years2: | 1934–1937 |
Coach Team2: | Indiana (line) |
Coach Years3: | 1938–1942 |
Coach Team3: | La Crosse State |
Coach Years4: | 1946–1947 |
Coach Team4: | La Crosse State |
Coach Years5: | 1948–1951 |
Coach Team5: | Indiana |
Coach Years6: | 1952–1954 |
Coach Team6: | Arizona State |
Admin Years1: | 1955–1971 |
Admin Team1: | Arizona State |
Overall Record: | 52–56–4 |
Championships: | 4 Wisconsin State Teachers Northern Division (1939–1942) 1 Border (1952) |
Clyde B. Smith (February 4, 1906 – July 9, 1976) was an American football player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at La Crosse State Teachers College—now the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse (1938–1942, 1946–1947), Indiana University (1948–1951), and Arizona State University (1952–1954), compiling a career college football record of 52–56–4. From 1955 to 1971, he was the athletic director at Arizona State.[1]