Rob Smith (baseball)

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Rob Smith
Current position
TitleHead Coach
Team Ohio
Conference Mid-American
Record159–230
Playing career
1991–1992 Vincennes
1993–1994 Indiana–Southeast
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999 Purdue (Asst.)
2001–2006Purdue (Asst.)
2007–2012 Creighton (Asst.)
2013–presentOhio
Head coaching record
Overall159–230
TournamentsNCAA: 0–4

Rob Smith in an American college baseball coach, who last served as head coach of the Ohio Bobcats baseball program, retiring in January 2021. He was named to that position prior to the 2013 season. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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Smith played at Vincennes for two seasons, then completed his eligibility at Indiana–Southeast before completing his degree at Indiana University Bloomington in 1998. He then spent a year as an assistant coach at Purdue in 1999, and returned to the Boilermakers from 2001 through 2006. Smith was hired as Associate Head Coach at Creighton. He was hired as head coach at Ohio in June 2012. [2] [4] [6]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Ohio Bobcats (Mid-American Conference)(2013–present)
2013 Ohio14–399–186th (East)
2014 Ohio11–407–206th (East)
2015 Ohio36–2117–102nd (East) NCAA Regionals
2016 Ohio23–298–163rd (East)
2017 Ohio31–2813–112nd (East) NCAA Regionals
2018 Ohio21–329–188th
2019 Ohio20–3412–146th
2020 Ohio3–70–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
Ohio:159–23075–107
Total:159–230

      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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