Willie Smith | |
Birth Date: | 30 November 1931 |
Birth Place: | Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S. |
Coach Sport1: | Football |
Coach Years2: | 1960s |
Coach Team2: | Hampton (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 1967 |
Coach Team3: | Norfolk State |
Coach Years4: | 1968–1970 |
Coach Team4: | Maryland State / Maryland Eastern Shore (assistant) |
Coach Years5: | 1971–1972 |
Coach Team5: | Maryland Eastern Shore |
Coach Years6: | 1973–1977 |
Coach Team6: | North Carolina Central |
Coach Sport7: | Basketball |
Coach Years8: | 1961–1962 |
Coach Team8: | Hampton |
Coach Sport9: | Track |
Coach Team10: | Hampton (assistant) |
Overall Record: | 35–35–5 (football) 7–16 (basketball) |
Championships: | Football 1 MEAC (1973) |
Willie Sherrod Smith Jr. (November 30, 1931 – August 22, 2016) was American football and basketball coach. He served as the head football coach at Norfolk State College—now known as Norfolk State University—in 1967, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore from 1971 to 1972, and North Carolina Central University from 1973 until midway through the 1977 season, compiling a career college football coaching record of 35–35–5. Smith was also the head basketball coach at Hampton University for one season, in 1961–62, tallying a mark of 7–16.[1] Smith died on August 22, 2016, at the age of 84.[2]