Smith would later lead a manufacturing enterprise in Dalton, Georgia and Crawford would head Birmingham, Alabama's large Tennessee Coal, Iron, and Railway Company.
Well-known American football athletes include former students Calvin Johnson, Daryl Smith, the late Demaryius Thomas, and Keith Brooking, former Tech head football coaches Pepper Rodgers and Bill Fulcher, and all-time greats such as Joe Hamilton, Pat Swilling, Billy Shaw, and Joe Guyon.
Tech's recent entrants into the NBA include Javaris Crittenton, Thaddeus Young, Jarrett Jack, Luke Schenscher, Stephon Marbury, Derrick Favors, Iman Shumpert, Chris Bosh, and Travis Best.
Award-winning baseball stars include Kevin Brown, Mark Teixeira, Nomar Garciaparra, Jason Varitek, Erskine Mayer, and Jay Payton.
1 in the world in 2001, Stewart Cink was the 2009 Open Championship winner, was ranked in the top ten, and Matt Kuchar won the U.S.