Year Inducted: 2022
Smith, a 1980 PIAA qualifier in wrestling at 185 pounds for Gettysburg High School, returned to his roots after a wrestling and football career at West Chester University. In 1989 he began his teaching and coaching career at Gettysburg, teaching health and physical education and driver and safety education. From 1992 until 2013, Smith was the Warriors’ head wrestling coach, compiling an overall record of 224-172-1 over 21 seasons. In 1999, his team won the District 3 AAA championship. After coaching 26 individual sectional champions, eight district champions, 15 PIAA qualifiers (six place-winners and one state champion, Ken Haines), and six 100-match winners, Smith was named to the District 3 Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2013. He remained an assistant for head coach Chris Haines, who Smith coached, and the Warriors’ program until his retirement in 2022.