Sport(s) Football | 1957 Stanford (JV) Name Homer Smith 1961–1964 Air Force (backfield) | |
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Born October 9, 1931Omaha, Nebraska ( 1931-10-09 ) Books Handbook for Coaching the Football Passing Attack, Football Coach's Complete Offensive Playbook | ||
Homer Austin Smith (October 9, 1931 – April 10, 2011) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at Davidson College (1965–1969), the University of the Pacific (1970–1971), and the United States Military Academy (1974–1978), compiling a career college football record 53–71–1 and a bowl record of 0–1. Smith was also the offensive coordinator at the University of California, Los Angeles (1972–1973, 1980–1986, 1990–1993), the University of Alabama (1988–1989, 1994–1995), and the University of Arizona (1996), and for the NFL's Kansas City Chiefs. In 1997, Smith was a finalist for the Broyles Award, given annually to the nation's top college football assistant coach.
Smith was named 1977 Eastern College Conference Coach of the Year and was presented an Outstanding Achievement Award by the American Football Coaches Association in 2006. As a player, he was a two-time All-East and All-Ivy League fullback at Princeton University. At Alabama, Smith is remembered for engineering the team's 62-point effort in a comeback to beat Ole Miss in 1989.
Smith died in 2011.