Donald Smith | |
Birth Date: | 6 October 1967 |
Player Years1: | 1987–1990 |
Player Team1: | Western Kentucky |
Player Positions: | Running back |
Coach Years1: | 1991–1994 |
Coach Team1: | Paul Laurence Dunbar HS (KY) (assistant) |
Coach Years2: | 1995–1999 |
Coach Team2: | Harrodsburg HS (KY) |
Coach Years3: | 2000 |
Coach Team3: | Lafayette HS (KY) |
Coach Years4: | 2001–2003 |
Coach Team4: | Kentucky State |
Overall Record: | 13–20 (college) |
Donald Wayne Smith (born October 6, 1967) is a former American football player and coach. He was the 26th head football coach at Kentucky State University in Frankfort, Kentucky, serving three seasons, from 2001 to 2003, and compiling a record of 13–20.[1] Smith played college football at Western Kentucky University as a running back from 1987 to 1990.
Smith began his coaching career at Paul Laurence Dunbar High School in Lexington, Kentucky, where he was an assistant coach for four seasons. He then returned to his alma mater, Harrodsburg High School in Harrodsburg, Kentucky, serving as head football coach for five seasons. Smith was the head football coach at Lafayette High School in Lexington for one season, in 2000, before he was hired by Kentucky State.[2]