Chuck Smith (American football coach)

For other people with the same name, see Chuck Smith (disambiguation).
Chuck Smith

Smith tours the Kentucky Army National Guard in 2010.
Sport(s) Football
Current position
Title Head coach
Team Boyle County High School
Biographical details
Born (1957-12-21) December 21, 1957
Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Alma mater University of Kentucky
Playing career
1978–1980 Kentucky
Position(s) Linebacker
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1983–1986 Harrodsburg (KY) Mercer County HS (asst.)
1987 Allen County Scottsville (KY) HS
1988–1991 Campbellsville (KY) HS
1992–2004 Danville (KY) Boyle County HS
2005–2008 Kentucky (LB)
2009–2012 Kentucky (LB/RC)
2014–present Danville (KY) Boyle County HS
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Awards

Charles L. "Chuck" Smith (born December 21, 1957) is an American football coach who is the current head coach at Boyle County High School in Danville, Kentucky.

Smith is one of the most accomplished coaches in the recent history of Kentucky high school football. He was named the Kentucky Coach of the Year by the National Federation of State High School Associations in 2003, four times by the Louisville Courier-Journal (1999, 2000, 2001, and 2004), and by the Associated Press in 1999.[1]

Playing career

Smith was an all-state linebacker at Jeffersontown High School. He was a University of Kentucky letterman from 1978-80 as a linebacker under coach Fran Curci. Smith was second on the team in tackles as a senior and third as a junior.[1]

Coaching career

Smith's coaching career began as an assistant coach at Mercer County High School from 1983-86. His first head coaching position was in 1987 at Allen County Scottsville High School, where he took over a losing program and posted a winning season in his only year at the school. He took over another struggling team at Campbellsville High School (1988–91) and orchestrated a turnaround, eventually guiding the team to a state playoff berth in his final season at the school. He left Campbellsville in 1992.

At Boyle County High School, he compiled a 142-33 record in 13 seasons. Smith's teams won the Class AA titles in 1999 and 2000 with perfect 15-0 records. After reclassification changed Boyle County to Class AAA in 2001, the team still produced an undefeated 15-0 season. The team's winning streak under Smith ended at 47 games (second-longest in Kentucky history) during the 2002 regular season, but Boyle County went on to win the state championship that year and again in 2003. Smith's 2004 squad went 12-3, with a loss in the state finals ending the state-record streaks of five consecutive championships and 29 straight playoff victories.[1]

Smith then became linebackers coach at the University of Kentucky from 2005 to 2012 and was also recruiting coordinator from 2009 to 2012.[1] In 2014, he returned to coach at Boyle County HS in Danville, Kentucky.

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Chuck Smith". University of Kentucky. Archived from the original on November 9, 2013.
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