John Richard Smith (born 29 October 1971[1]) is an English retired football striker who spent his entire career in the United States.
Smith moved to the United States to attend Rollins College where he played on the men's soccer team from 1993 to 1996.
In 1998, Smith became an assistant coach with the Cal State Bakersfield soccer program, where he worked with both the men's and women's teams.
In March 2006, the University of the Incarnate Word hired Smith as head coach of its men's soccer program.
After Stanford won the 2015 NCAA Division I Men's Soccer Championship, Smith was announced as the head coach of the Cornell Big Red on March 8, 2016.