Benjamin Atwood Smith III is a former American ice hockey player and Olympic coach.

After several years of coaching high school hockey in Gloucester, Massachusetts, Smith became an assistant with the Yale Bulldogs.

After helping to lead the Terriers to the NCAA Frozen Four in 1990, he accepted the head coaching job for the Dartmouth Big Green.

Smith coached the first three women's Olympic teams and won a gold (1998), silver (2002) and bronze (2006) medal.

[4] Smith is known for his self-deprecating style and the "amusing and often puzzling sayings" that he uses to motivate his players, such as "The hay is in the barn, ladies".