Arthur F. Smith

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Arthur F. Smith
Playing career
Football
c. 1913Missouri Wesleyan
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1914–1915Leavenworth HS (KS)
1916–1917Tucson HS (AZ)
1918Kendall
1919Baker
1920–1921Kenyon
Head coaching record
Overall8–12–7

Arthur F. Smith was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach the University of Tulsa in 1918, Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas, in 1919, and Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio from 1920 to 1921, compiling a career college football coaching record of record of 8–12–7.[1][2][3]

Smith attended Missouri Wesleyan College in Cameron, Missouri, where he played football and baseball before graduating in 1914. He began his coaching career in 1914 at Leavenworth High School in Leavenworth, Kansas and moved to Tucson High School in Tucson, Arizona two years later.[4][5][6] He joined the coaching staff at the University of Illinois in 1922.[7]

Head coaching record[]

Year Team Overall Conference Standing Bowl/playoffs
Kendall Orange and Black (Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference) (1918)
1918 Kendall 1–2
Kendall: 1–2
Baker Wildcats (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1919)
1919 Baker 4–4–1 3–2–1 T–5th
Baker: 4–4–1 3–2–1
Kenyon Lords (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1920–1921)
1920 Kenyon 2–5–1 1–5–1 15th
1921 Kenyon 1–1–5 1–1–4 T–9th
Kenyon: 3–6–6 2–6–5
Total: 8–12–7

References[]

  1. ^ DeLassus, David. "Baker Wildcats Records By Year (incomplete data)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on August 11, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
  2. ^ "Baker Football All-Time Records" (PDF). Baker Wildcats. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
  3. ^ "A. F. Smith, Baker University, to Direct Athletics". The Kenyon Collegian. October 20, 1920. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
  4. ^ "Former L. H. S. Coach Returns". Leavenworth Times. Leavenworth, Kansas. September 12, 1917. p. 8. Retrieved June 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  5. ^ "Baker Has New Coach". The Baldwin Ledger. Baldwin, Kansas. September 12, 1919. p. 1. Retrieved June 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. ^ "New Coach On Grounds". The Baker Orange. Baldwin, Kansas. September 15, 1919. p. 1. Retrieved June 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  7. ^ "G. Huff Adds Another To Coaching Staff". The Urbana Daily Courier. Urbana, Illinois. July 8, 1922. p. 5. Retrieved June 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
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