Biographical details | |
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Born | Louisville, Kentucky | December 21, 1957
Education | Jeffersontown High School, University of Kentucky |
Occupation(s) | High school and college football coach |
Years active | 1983–2019 |
Spouse | Jackie Smith |
Children | 2 |
Playing career | |
1978–1980 | Kentucky |
Position(s) | Linebacker |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1983–1986 | Mercer County High School (KY) (assistant) |
1987 | Allen County Scottsville HS (KY) |
1988–1991 | Campbellsville HS (KY) |
1992–2004 | Boyle County HS (KY) |
2005–2012 | Kentucky (LB) |
2013 | Bardstown HS (KY) (DC) [1] |
2014–2019 | Boyle County HS (KY) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 234–69 [2] |
Bowls | 6–2 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Awards | |
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Chuck Smith (born December 21, 1957) is a former American football coach. Smith served as the head coach at Boyle County High School, Campbellsville High School, and Allen County Scottsville High School. Smith also served as linebackers coach at the University of Kentucky. [7] At Boyle County, Smith won six state championships and a KHSAA record breaking five in a row from 1999 to 2003. [8] Smith is highly regarded as one of the best football coaches in Kentucky high school football history. [1]
Smith was born on December 21, 1957 [4] in Louisville, Kentucky. [9] He was an all-state linebacker at Jeffersontown High School, [9] graduating in 1977. [4] He was a linebacker for the University of Kentucky from 1978 to 1980. [9]
Shortly after Smith's playing career at Kentucky, Smith began his coaching career at Mercer county High School as an assistant under long-time coach Larry French. After three years with the Scotties, Smith accepted the head coaching job at Allen County Scottsville High School having a 6–5 season. After one year with the Patriots, Smith accepted the head coaching job at Campbellsville High School [9] leading to a turnaround for the Eagles football program.
After revitalizing Campbellsville's football program, Smith accepted the head coaching job at Boyle County High School. Prior to Smith's arrival at Boyle County, the Rebels had not had a winning season since 1986 when they went 7–4. Additionally, they had not had a ten win season since 1976. During the 1992 season, Smith's first Rebels team went 7–4 snapping a 6-year losing record streak. Three years later, Smith's Rebels went 10–3, their first ten win season in 19 years. Four years later Smith has the first undefeated 15–0 season in Boyle County football history and won Boyle's first state championship in school history. From 1999 to 2003, Smith's Rebels won a then state record breaking five state championships in a row, [8] four of them being undefeated 15–0 seasons led by 2001 Kentucky Mr. Football winner Jeff Duggins [10] and future NFL tight end Jacob Tamme.
Following an incredible run at Boyle County, Smith accepted his dream job, coaching linebackers at Kentucky. Under head coaches Rich Brooks and Joker Phillips, Smith coached four first team All-SEC linebackers. Those names include Super Bowl 50 champion Danny Trevathan, Wesley Woodyard, Micah Johnson, and Sam Maxwell.
After leaving Kentucky, Smith had a one-year stint as defensive coordinator at Bardstown High School. In 2014, Smith accepted the head coaching job at Madison Central High School. [11] However, that was short-lived because less than three weeks later Smith resigned. Following Smith's resignation from Madison Central, Smith returned to head coaching at Boyle County due to the departure of former Boyle head coach Larry French. [12] During Smith's second tenure with the Rebels, he compiled a record of 69–12 with one state championship title.
Below is a year-by-year breakdown of Smith's coaching record.
Year | Team | Overall | Bowl/playoffs | Litkenhous# | MaxPreps° | ||||
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Allen County Scottsville (Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA))(1987) | |||||||||
1987 | Allen County Scottsville | 6–5 | |||||||
Allen County Scottsville: | 6-5 | ||||||||
Boyle County Rebels (Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA))(1992–2004) | |||||||||
1992 | Boyle County | 7–4 | |||||||
1993 | Boyle County | 2–8 | |||||||
1994 | Boyle County | 9–4 | |||||||
1995 | Boyle County | 10–3 | |||||||
1996 | Boyle County | 11–3 | |||||||
1997 | Boyle County | 11–1 | |||||||
1998 | Boyle County | 7–5 | L 2nd round of KHSAA 2A playoffs to Lexington Catholic 28–13. | ||||||
1999 | Boyle County | 15–0 | W KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl | ||||||
2000 | Boyle County | 15–0 | W KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl | ||||||
2001 | Boyle County | 15–0 | W KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl | ||||||
2002 | Boyle County | 13–2 | W KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl | ||||||
2003 | Boyle County | 15–0 | W KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl | ||||||
2004 | Boyle County | 13–2 | L KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl | 3 | |||||
Boyle County Rebels (Kentucky High School Athletic Association (KHSAA))(2014–2019) | |||||||||
2014 | Boyle County | 11–2 | L 3rd round of KHSAA 4A playoffs to Lexington Catholic 40–35. | 36 | |||||
2015 | Boyle County | 10–2 | L 2nd round of KHSAA 3A playoffs to Central 27–14. | 10 | 20 | ||||
2016 | Boyle County | 7–5 | L 2nd round of KHSAA 3A playoffs to Central 37–6. | 52 | |||||
2017 | Boyle County | 14–1 | W 3A KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl | 2 | 2 | ||||
2018 | Boyle County | 13–1 | L 3A State Semifinals 21–0 to Corbin | 9 | 13 | ||||
2019 | Boyle County | 14–1 | L 4A KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl | 5 | |||||
Boyle County: | 212–44 | ||||||||
Total: | 212–44 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
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Smith is married to Jackie Smith. [9]
Smith has two children, Brandon and Nicole. Brandon is the head coach at South Warren High School in Bowling Green, Kentucky, where he has won two KHSAA state championships. [13]
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