Doug Smith (baseball coach)

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Doug Smith (baseball coach) - Wikipedia

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Doug Smith
Biographical details
Alma mater	UC Riverside '75
Playing career
1972–1975	UC Riverside

Position(s)	C
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1976–1980	Cal Poly Pomona (asst.)
1983–2004	UC Riverside (asst.)
2005–2014	UC Riverside

Head coaching record
Overall	282–264
Tournaments	NCAA: 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]

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
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Doug Smith (Big West) (2005–present)
2005	UC Riverside	28–27	11–10	4th
2006	UC Riverside	29–25	9–12	T-5th
2007	UC Riverside	38–21	16–5	1st	NCAA Regional
2008	UC Riverside	21–33	14–10	T-3rd
2009	UC Riverside	33–20	12–12	4th
2010	UC Riverside	32–23	13–11	3rd
2011	UC Riverside	29–23	11–13	5th
2012	UC Riverside	22–32	9–15	8th
2013	UC Riverside	22–32	10–17	8th
2014	UC Riverside	26–28	12–12	T-5th
Doug Smith:		282–264	117–117
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

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "2012 Baseball Coaching Staff". gohighlanders. Retrieved December 25, 2012.
^ Jim Alexander (May 26, 2012). "Column:UCR baseball coach should be safe". The Press-Enterprise. Archived from the original on March 14, 2013. Retrieved December 25, 2012.
^ Allan Steele (November 28, 2012). "Baseball:UCR signs eight recruits to early class". The Press-Enterprise. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved December 25, 2012.
^ "2010 UC Riverside Highlanders Baseball Media Guide" (PDF). UC Riverside Sports Information. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 June 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2012.
^ "2013 Big West Conference Baseball Standings". D1Baseball.com. Jeremy Mills. Archived from the original on May 15, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2013.

v t e UC Riverside Highlanders head baseball coaches
Don Edwards (1960–1973) Jack Smitheran (1974–2004) Doug Smith (2005–2014) Troy Percival (2015–2020) Justin Johnson (2021– )

Big West Conference Baseball Coach of the Year

1985: Bennett
1986: Ferrer
1987: Garrido & Gerakos
1988: Bennett
1989: Snow
1990: Cochell
1991: Bennett
1992: Snow
1993: Snow
1994: Powers
1995: Garrido
1996: Brontsema & Snow
1997: Snow
1998: Horton
1999: Horton & Powers
2000: Powers
2001: Brontsema
2002: Batesole
2003: Weathers
2004: Horton
2005: Horton
2006: Horton
2007: Smith
2008: Weathers
2009: Gillespie
2010: Serrano
2011: Serrano
2012: Vanderhook
2013: Vanderhook
2014: Lee
2015: Vanderhook
2016: Vanderhook
2017: Buckley
2018: Vanderhook
2019: Checketts
2020: Not awarded
2021: Orloff
2022: Checketts
2023: Newman
2024: Checketts

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