Steve Smith

Stephen Carr Smith (born February 2, 1961) is an American baseball coach and former pitcher. He was a pitching coordinator for the Detroit Tigers. He played college baseball at Baylor University from 1982 to 1983. He was the head coach at Baylor (1995–2015) and Tennessee Tech (2020–2021).

Early life Smith graduated from Gulfport High School in Gulfport, Mississippi, in 1979. While in high school, Smith played quarterback for the football team, leading Gulfport to the 1978 state championship, and pitcher for the baseball team, playing in the 1979 Mississippi High School All-Star Game.

College career Smith went on to attend Mississippi College where was played quarterback for the football team and pitcher for the baseball team. He spent the 1984 season with the Class A Fresno Giants of the California League and the Class AA Shreveport Captains of the Texas League.

Smith has had 67 players selection in the Major League Baseball draft, including six first round draft choices in Kip Wells, Jason Jennings, Chad Hawkins, David Murphy, Mark McCormack and Aaron Miller.

In 2017, Smith served as an Assistant Baseball Coach at Santa Clara University. In August 2017, Smith accepted a role of volunteer assistant and pitching coach at Auburn University.

On December 21, 2019, Smith accepted the position of head baseball coach at Tennessee Technological University. After just two seasons, Smith left Tennessee Tech for a job with the Detroit Tigers.

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