Rob Smith in an American baseball coach and former outfielder. He played college baseball 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.[1] Smith was hired as associate head coach at Creighton.[2][3] He was hired as head coach at Ohio in June 2012,[4][5][6] retiring in January 2021.[7]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Ohio Bobcats (Mid-American Conference) (2013–2020) | |||||||||
| 2013 | Ohio | 14–39 | 9–18 | 6th (East) | |||||
| 2014 | Ohio | 11–40 | 7–20 | 6th (East) | |||||
| 2015 | Ohio | 36–21 | 17–10 | 2nd (East) | NCAA Regionals | ||||
| 2016 | Ohio | 23–29 | 8–16 | 3rd (East) | |||||
| 2017 | Ohio | 31–28 | 13–11 | 2nd (East) | NCAA Regionals | ||||
| 2018 | Ohio | 21–32 | 9–18 | 8th | |||||
| 2019 | Ohio | 20–34 | 12–14 | 6th | |||||
| 2020 | Ohio | 3–7 | 0–0 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | |||||
| Ohio: | 159–230 | 75–107 | |||||||
| Total: | 159–230 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
- ^ "Rob Smith Profile". Purdue Boilermakers. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
- ^ "Rob Smith Named Head Baseball Coach at Ohio". Creighton Bluejays. June 11, 2012. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
- ^ Aaron Fitt (June 11, 2012). "Ohio Hires Creighton's Rob Smith As Head Coach". Baseball America. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
- ^ "Rob Smith Named Baseball Head Coach". Ohio Bobcats. June 11, 2012. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
- ^ "Rob Smith Bio". Ohio Bobcats. November 9, 2013.
- ^ Bryan Vance (April 6, 2013). "Breaking Traditions, Meet the Man Behind Ohio's Plan to Change a Losing Culture". HustleBelt. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
- ^ J.L. Kirven (January 21, 2021). "Baseball: Rob Smith announces retirement after 8 seasons as head coach". www.thepostathens.com. The Post, Athens, OH. Retrieved May 25, 2021.