Lyle Smith
American football and basketball player and coach
Biography
Lyle Hilton Smith (March 17, 1916 – July 26, 2017) was an American football and basketball player, coach, and college athletics administrator.
He served as the head football coach at Boise Junior College—now Boise State University—from 1947 to 1967 (except for military duty), compiling a record of 156–26–6 (.846). Smith was also the head basketball coach at BJC for one season in 1946–47, tallying a mark of 24–9, and the school athletic director from 1968 to 1981. Boise was a junior college program during Smith's coaching career; it moved up to four-year status in the NAIA in 1968, NCAA Division II in 1970, Division I-AA in 1978, and Division I-A in 1996.
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Career highlights
Teams
- Idaho Vandals men's basketball
- Idaho Vandals football
Quick answers about Lyle Smith
- How old was Lyle Smith?
- Lyle Smith died on July 25, 2017 at the age of 101.
- When is Lyle Smith's birthday?
- Lyle Smith was born on March 17, 1916.
- Where was Lyle Smith born?
- Lyle Smith was born in Steptoe.
- What is Lyle Smith's zodiac sign?
- Lyle Smith's zodiac sign is Pisces.
- What is Lyle Smith's nationality?
- Lyle Smith is a citizen of United States.
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- Lyle Smith is known as basketball coach, American football player.
