Kermit Smith
# Kermit Smith

Kermit Smith is an American college baseball coach and former player. Smith is the head coach of the Appalachian State Mountaineers baseball team.

## Playing career

Smith attended Pfeiffer University, where he was a member of the Falcons baseball team.

## Coaching career

After a year as an assistant at Belmont Abbey College, Smith was named the head coach of the Crusaders at the age of 23. In 2009, Belmont Abbey advanced to the Division II College World Series where they finished 4th. Smith was named the Conference Carolinas Coach of the Year.

In 2009, Smith was named the head coach at Lander University. Smith lead the 2014 Bearcats squad to a school 52–9 season, winning the Peach Belt Conference Coach of the Year honors.

On July 14, 2016, Smith was named the head coach of the Appalachian State Mountaineers baseball program.

## Head coaching record

Statistics overview :

| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Belmont Abbey Crusaders (Conference Carolinas) (2002–2009) ||||||
| 2002 | Belmont Abbey | 35–20 | 17–8 | T-1st | |
| 2003 | Belmont Abbey | 18–28–1 | 8–13–1 | 8th | |
| 2004 | Belmont Abbey | 12–42 | 5–19 | 9th | |
| 2005 | Belmont Abbey | 28–30 | 9–15 | 7th | |
| 2006 | Belmont Abbey | 24–34 | 13–11 | T-4th | |
| 2007 | Belmont Abbey | 31–23 | 16–7 | 2nd | |
| 2008 | Belmont Abbey | 41–22 | 16–8 | 3rd | |
| 2009 | Belmont Abbey | 46–26 | 14–5 | 1st | College World Series |
| Belmont Abbey Crusaders: | Belmont Abbey Crusaders: | 235–225–1 | 98–86–1 | | |
| Lander Bearcats (Peach Belt Conference) (2010–2016) ||||||
| 2010 | Lander | 24–26 | 6–18 | 5th | |
| 2011 | Lander | 29–24 | 11–12 | 4th | |
| 2012 | Lander | 38–20 | 18–12 | 4th | |
| 2013 | Lander | 35–16 | 19–11 | 5th | |
| 2014 | Lander | 52–9 | 24–6 | 1st | College World Series |
| 2015 | Lander | 22–26 | 10–20 | 11th | |
| 2016 | Lander | 44–16 | 22–8 | 2nd | College World Series |
| Lander Bearcats: | Lander Bearcats: | 244–137 | 110–87 | | |
| Appalachian State Mountaineers (Sun Belt Conference) (2017–present) ||||||
| 2017 | Appalachian State | 19–36 | 8–22 | 6th (East) | |
| 2018 | Appalachian State | 18–36 | 9–21 | 6th (East) | |
| 2019 | Appalachian State | 22–31 | 13–16 | 5th (East) | |
| 2020 | Appalachian State | 11–6 | 0–0 | (East) | Season canceled due to COVID-19 |
| 2021 | Appalachian State | 21–31 | 11–10 | 4th (East) | Sun Belt Tournament |
| 2022 | Appalachian State | 19–32 | 10–20 | 9th | |
| 2023 | Appalachian State | 30–25 | 16–13 | 2nd (East) | Sun Belt Tournament |
| Appalachian State: | Appalachian State: | 140–197 | 67–102 | | |
| Total: | Total: | 619–559–1 | | | |
| 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 ||||||
