Doug Smith (baseball coach)

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Doug Smith
Biographical details
Alma mater UC Riverside '75
Playing career
1972–1975UC Riverside
Position(s)C
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1976–1980 Cal Poly Pomona (asst.)
1983–2004UC Riverside (asst.)
2005–2014UC Riverside
Head coaching record
Overall282–264
TournamentsNCAA: 1–2

Doug Smith is an American former college baseball coach who retired after the 2014 season. He had been coaching the UC Riverside Highlanders baseball team. He held that position since the 2005 season. Smith was the second coach to lead the Highlanders since their transition to Division I in 2001 and fourth since the establishment of the program in 1958. [1]

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Playing career

Smith was a standout catcher at UC Riverside, and was named to the all-conference first team in his senior season of 1975. [1]

Coaching career

Following his playing career, Smith completed a master's degree at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona and served as a part-time assistant coach with the Broncos baseball team for four years. He then pursued a private business venture for three years before returning to his alma mater as an assistant coach in 1983. He rose to the head coaching position in 2005. In his time on the staff at UC Riverside, Smith has coached 34 All-Americans and over 150 players that signed professional contracts. As head coach, the Highlanders won their first Big West Conference title and made their first NCAA Tournament appearances at the Division I level. Smith was an assistant for eight Highlander appearances in the Division II NCAA Tournament. [1] After struggling through a difficult 2012 season, the Highlanders signed a class of eight players who will begin play in 2014, including six pitchers. [2] [3]

Head coaching record

The following table shows Smith's head coaching record. [1] [4] [5]

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Doug Smith (Big West)(2005–present)
2005 UC Riverside 28–2711–104th
2006 UC Riverside 29–259–12T-5th
2007 UC Riverside 38–2116–51st NCAA Regional
2008 UC Riverside 21–3314–10T-3rd
2009 UC Riverside 33–2012–124th
2010 UC Riverside 32–2313–113rd
2011 UC Riverside 29–2311–135th
2012 UC Riverside 22–329–158th
2013 UC Riverside 22–3210–178th
2014 UC Riverside 26–2812–12T-5th
Doug Smith:282–264117–117
Total:282–264

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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