Lyle Smith
Biographical details | |
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Born | Steptoe, Washington, U.S. | March 17, 1916
Died | July 26, 2017 Boise, Idaho, U.S. | (aged 101)
Playing career | |
Football | |
1936–1938 | Idaho[1] |
Basketball | |
1936–1939 | Idaho |
Position(s) | Guard (basketball) |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
1946 | Boise JC (assistant) |
1947–1950 | Boise JC |
1952–1967 | Boise JC |
Basketball | |
1946–1947 | Boise JC |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
1968–1981 | Boise State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 150–25–6 (football) 24–9 (basketball) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
Football 1 NJCAA National (1958) 13 Intermountain Collegiate (1947–1950, 1952–1954, 1956–1958, 1961, 1965–1966) | |
Lyle Smith | |
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Allegiance | United States |
Service/ | United States Navy |
Years of service | 1942–1945, 1950–1952 |
Rank | Lieutenant[2] |
Unit | Training |
Battles/wars | World War II, Korean War |
Lyle Hilton Smith (March 17, 1916 – July 26, 2017)[3] was an American football and basketball player, coach, and college athletics administrator.[4]
He served as the head
Early life and playing career
Born in
During Smith's senior football season of 1938, the team went 6–3–1,[1] the Vandals' best record in over a decade; Idaho's last winning season in football for a quarter century[19] and the best until 1971. Idaho was 2–2–1 in Northern Division play in the Pacific Coast Conference and undefeated in the four non-conference games, including a 16–0 shutout in the season finale in Salt Lake City over undefeated Utah, winner of its conference.[20][21] The Vandals broke to an early 3–0–1 start and there was early talk of the Rose Bowl in the national press.[22] Smith received a bachelor's degree in education in 1939 and embarked on a teaching career.[23]
Military service and coaching career
Smith taught and coached for a year at Firth High School in southeastern Idaho,[24][25] then married fellow 1939 UI graduate Maria Raphael[26] of Weiser in 1940 and returned to Moscow to work in private employment in auto sales.[24] He became head coach at Moscow High School in the spring of 1941,[27][28] when Babe Brown crossed town to coach the Vandal freshmen.[29] Smith entered the U.S. Navy in June 1942 during World War II.[30]
Smith served primarily as a physical training instructor, and returned to Moscow and completed his master's degree in education in 1946.
Administrative career and honors
Smith stepped down as head coach and became the school's first full-time athletic director in November 1967; the Broncos began competition as a four-year school in 1968.[34] He hired former Vandal teammate Tony Knap as head coach in December,[35] and Knap's successor Jim Criner in 1976.[36] Smith continued as head baseball coach through the 1973 season, then was succeeded by Ross Vaughn, a Ph.D. candidate in biomechanics and assistant coach at Washington State.[37][38][39]
Smith retired at age 65 in July 1981, succeeded by Mike Mullally of Cal State-Fullerton.[40][41] After just months on the job, Mullally resigned under pressure after a backlash at his new priority seating policy.[42][43] He was replaced in March 1982 by assistant Gene Bleymaier,[43] who stayed for nearly three decades. Smith was a key advisor during Bleymaier's first years as director.[44][45]
At the final regular season home game before his retirement as athletic director, the playing field at
Head coaching record
Football
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Boiser Junior College Broncos (Intermountain Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1948–1950) | |||||||||
1948 | Boise JC | 9–0 | 3–0[n 1] | N/A[n 1] | |||||
1949 | Boise JC | 10–0 | 5–0 | 1st | W Potato | ||||
1950 | Boise JC[n 2] | 3–0[n 2] | 2–0 | 1st | |||||
Boiser Junior College Broncos (Intermountain Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1952–1967) | |||||||||
1952 | Boise JC | 8–1 | 3–0 | 1st | L Bronco | ||||
1953 | Boise JC | 8–1 | 3–0 | 1st | L Bronco | ||||
1954 | Boise JC | 9–1–1 | 4–0–1 | 1st | L Potato | ||||
1955 | Boise JC | 7–2 | 3–0 | 1st | |||||
1956 | Boise JC | 8–0–1 | 4–0 | T–1st | |||||
1957 | Boise JC | 9–1 | 5–0 | 1st | L Potato | ||||
1958 | Boise JC | 10–0 | 4–0 | 1st | W NJCAA Championship Game | ||||
1959 | Boise JC | 7–2–1 | 3–1 | 2nd | |||||
1960 | Boise JC | 8–2 | 5–0 | 1st | |||||
1961 | Boise JC | 9–1 | 6–0 | 1st | |||||
1962 | Boise JC | 5–2–2 | 3–1 | 2nd | |||||
1963 | Boise JC | 5–3–1 | 3–2 | ||||||
1964 | Boise JC | 8–2 | 3–1 | 2nd | |||||
1965 | Boise JC | 9–2 | 4–0 | 1st | L Potato | ||||
1966 | Boise JC | 9–1 | 4–0 | 1st | |||||
1967 | Boise JC | 6–4 | 2–2 | ||||||
Boise JC: | 156–25–6 | ||||||||
Total: | 156–25–6 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
Notes
- ^ a b Boise State was undefeated in ICAC league play, but did not play enough conference opponents to be eligible for the conference championship.
- ^ a b Smith was head coach for the first three games of the 1950 season before being recalled to the Navy during the Korean War. George Blankley coached the remainder of the 1950 season.
References
- ^ a b "Football". Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook. 1939. p. 300.
- ^ a b c "Boise coach returns to head grid post". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. August 8, 1952. p. 11.
- IdahoStatesman.com. Retrieved June 3, 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Lyle H. Smith collection". Special Collections. Boise State University. Archived from the original on June 10, 2010. Retrieved October 12, 2011.
- ^ a b Ourada, Patricia K. (1994). "The Broncos: A History of Boise State University, 1932-1994". University Books: 97. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
- ^ "Burrell Smith dead at 78". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. (obituary). April 26, 1958. p. 6.
- ^ Hedberg, Kathy (July 3, 1994). "Brothers, ranchers". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. p. 1C.
- ^ "Justin Smith, 87, longtime Idaho County rancher". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. (obituary). December 4, 1996. p. 6A.
- ^ "Nampa favored to win 2d title". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. Associated Press. March 10, 1951. p. 8.
- ^ idhsaa.org Archived 2012-10-01 at the Wayback Machine – Basketball – Idaho high school state champions – through 2011
- ^ "Branch eleven to engage Colorado". American Falls Press. Idaho. November 11, 1934. p. 8.
- ^ "Football: Lyle Smith". Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook. 1939. p. 309.
- ^ "Two Vandal cagers fitted for glasses". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. December 31, 1938. p. 12.
- ^ a b "Basketball". Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook. 1939. p. 315.
- ^ "Belko and Smith lead Vandal five". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. March 23, 1938. p. 11.
- ^ "Football: 1937 player photos". Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook. 1938. p. 179.
- ^ "Idaho Vandals work for game". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. November 4, 1936. p. 15.
- ^ "Football: 1938 team photo". Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook. 1939. p. 300.
- ^ Johnson, Bob (February 1, 1965). "Dee Andros named Oregon State grid coach". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. p. 15.
- ^ "Idaho machine rolls over Utah". Spokesman-Review. Associated Press. November 25, 1938. p. 11.
- ^ "Idaho results: (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 8, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
- ^ "Idaho in Rose Bowl? It surely can happen". Milwaukee Journal. UPI. October 21, 1938. p. 9.
- ^ "Seniors". Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook. 1939. p. 78.
- ^ a b "Idaho man conducts at Hollywood Bowl". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). July 9, 1940. p. 3.
- ^ "Merle Stoddard will be coach". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. August 29, 1940. p. 14.
- ^ "Seniors". Gem of the Mountains, University of Idaho yearbook. 1939. p. 77.
- ^ "Moscow High School gets bear cub for mascot". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). August 31, 1941. p. 2B.
- ^ "Moscow's district tourney representatives". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). (photo). March 5, 1942. p. 8.
- ^ "Babe Brown to coach freshman at university". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. March 25, 1941. p. 8.
- ^ "Lyle Smith receives notification from navy". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). June 12, 1942. p. 15.
- ^ "Lyle Smith resigns as Moscow coach". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. August 14, 1946. p. 8.
- ^ "Idaho plans thorough search for grid coach; Curfman out". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). December 22, 1953. p. 12.
- ^ "Boise football coach out of Idaho picture". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. February 6, 1954. p. 8.
- ^ "Smith appointed athletic director". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 8, 1967. p. 16.
- ^ "Lions lose assistant coach". Leader-Post. Regina, Saskatchewan. Canadian Press. December 15, 1967. p. 31.
- ^ "Boise St. hires UCLA grid assistant". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. February 14, 1976. p. 4B.
- ^ Prentice, George (April 24, 2013). "Ross Vaughn: Boise State's boy of summer heads for home". Boise Weekly. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
- ^ Squires, Sherry (May 22, 2014). "New scholarship to honor Ross Vaughn". Boise State University. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
- ^ "Ross E. Vaughn" (PDF). Boise State University. (faculty). Retrieved August 18, 2017.
- ^ "Mullally new A.D.?". Reading Eagle. Pennsylvania. Associated Press. May 12, 1981. p. 27.
- ^ "Boise names director". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. May 13, 1981. p. C3.
- ^ "Boise's A.D. quits over ticket furor". Spokesman-Review. Spokane, Washington. Associated Press. March 2, 1982. p. 19.
- ^ a b "Boise sacks AD over ticket flap". The Bulletin. Bend, Oregon. UPI. March 2, 1982. p. D3.
- ^ "Boise AD out". Spokane Chronicle. Washington. March 2, 1982. p. 14.
- ^ Cripe, Chadd (September 8, 2011). "Quiet exit: Gene Bleymaier closes career as Boise State athletic director". Retrieved August 29, 2012.
- ^ Boise State Broncos game day program – 1980-11-08 – Dedication of Lyle Smith Field – p. 8
- ^ "If Reno beats Boise State, there will be a mad scramble for Big Sky title". Lewiston Morning Tribune. Idaho. Associated Press. November 7, 1980. p. 3B.
- ^ "Boise State results: (1980-1984)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on February 29, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
- ^ Katz, Michael (2016-03-17). "Legendary Boise State Coach Lyle Smith Celebrates 100th Birthday". MagicValley.com. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
- ^ "Coaches, players remember Lyle Smith, the father of Bronco football". KTVB.com. July 26, 2017. Archived from the original on July 29, 2017. Retrieved June 3, 2022.