Lyle Smith
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Lyle Hilton Smith (March 17, 1916 – July 26, 2017)[2] was an American football and basketball player, coach, and college athletics administrator.[3]
Biographical details | |
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Born | (1916-03-17)March 17, 1916 Steptoe, Washington, U.S. |
Died | July 26, 2017(2017-07-26) (aged 101) Boise, Idaho, U.S. |
Playing career | |
Football | |
1936–1938 | Idaho |
Basketball | |
1936–1939 | Idaho |
Position(s) | Center (football) Guard (basketball) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1946 | Boise (assistant) |
1947–1950 | Boise |
1952–1967 | Boise |
Basketball | |
1946–1947 | Boise |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1968–1981 | Boise State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 150–25–6 (football) 24–9 (basketball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 1 NJCAA National (1958) 13 Intermountain Collegiate (1947–1950, 1952–1954, 1956–1958, 1961, 1965–1966) | |
Lyle Smith | |
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Allegiance | United States |
Service/ | United States Navy |
Years of service | 1942–1945, 1950–1952 |
Rank | Lieutenant[1] |
Unit | Training |
Battles/wars | World War II, Korean War |
He served as the head football coach at Boise Junior College—now Boise State University—from 1947 to 1967 (except for military duty),[1][4] compiling a record of 156–26–6 (.846). Smith was also the head basketball coach at BJC for one season in 1946–47, tallying a mark of 24–9, and the school athletic director from 1968 to 1981. Boise was a junior college program during Smith's coaching career; it moved up to four-year status in the NAIA in 1968, NCAA Division II in 1970, Division I-AA in 1978, and Division I-A in 1996.