He served as the head football coach at the University of Illinois in 1900 and at Fordham University in 1901, 1904, and from 1906 to 1907, compiling a career college football head coaching record of 24–9–5.
Smith was also the head baseball coach at Fordham from 1901 to 1905, tallying a mark of 213–66.
Smith played football at Princeton University as a end from 1894 to 1895 and as a halfback in 1896.
[1] Smith returned to Princeton in 1899 to coach the backs on the football team.
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