Kermit Smith | |
Current Title: | Head coach |
Current Team: | Appalachian State |
Current Conference: | Sun Belt |
Current Record: | 174–218-1 |
Birth Place: | Arcadia, Florida |
Player Years1: | 1997–2000 |
Player Team1: | Pfeiffer |
Coach Years1: | 2001 |
Coach Team1: | Belmont Abbey (asst.) |
Coach Years2: | 2002–2009 |
Coach Team2: | Belmont Abbey |
Coach Years3: | 2010–2016 |
Coach Team3: | Lander |
Coach Years4: | 2017–present |
Coach Team4: | Appalachian State |
Overall Record: | 653–580–2 |
Tournament Record: | Sun Belt: 6–5 NCAA: 0–0 |
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Kermit Smith is an American college baseball coach and former player. Smith is the head coach of the Appalachian State Mountaineers baseball team.
Smith attended Pfeiffer University, where he was a member of the Falcons baseball team.
After a year as an assistant at Belmont Abbey College, Smith was named the head coach of the Crusaders at the age of 23. In 2009, Belmont Abbey advanced to the Division II College World Series where they finished 4th. Smith was named the Conference Carolinas Coach of the Year.[1]
In 2009, Smith was named the head coach at Lander University.[2] Smith lead the 2014 Bearcats squad to a school 52–9 season, winning the Peach Belt Conference Coach of the Year honors.[3]
On July 14, 2016, Smith was named the head coach of the Appalachian State Mountaineers baseball program.[4]