Kermit Smith

For the unrelated American murderer executed in North Carolina, see Kermit Smith Jr.

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

Kermit Smith

Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Appalachian State
Conference	Sun Belt
Record	196–249–1
Biographical details
Born	Arcadia, Florida
Playing career
1997–2000	Pfeiffer
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2001	Belmont Abbey (asst.)
2002–2009	Belmont Abbey
2010–2016	Lander
2017–present	Appalachian State
Head coaching record
Overall	675–611–2
Tournaments	Sun Belt: 6–6 NCAA: 0–0
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2x Conference Carolinas Regular Season (2002,09) Conference Carolinas Conference Tournament (2009) Peach Belt Regular Season (2014) Peach Belt Conference Tournament (2014)
Awards
Conference Carolinas Coach of the Year (2009) Peach Belt Coach of the Year (2014)

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.^[1]

In 2009, Smith was named the head coach at Lander University.^[2] Smith lead the 2014 Bearcats squad to a school 52–9 season, winning the Peach Belt Conference Coach of the Year honors.^[3]

On July 14, 2016, Smith was named the head coach of the Appalachian State Mountaineers baseball program.^[4]

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:		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:		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
2024	Appalachian State	33–21-1	16–13-1	3rd (East)	Sun Belt Tournament
2025	Appalachian State	23–31	13–17	T–9th	Sun Belt Tournament
Appalachian State:		196–249–1	96–132–1
Total:		675–611–2
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

See also

• List of current NCAA Division I baseball coaches