Steve Smith Named Tennessee Tech Baseball Head Coach

Tennessee Tech has hired Steve Smith as the 15th head baseball coach in Golden Eagle history.

Smith previously served as head baseball coach at Baylor University for over 20-years. He spent the past two years at Auburn University, serving as assistant coach and pitching coach for the Tigers.

The winningest coach in the history of Baylor Athletics, Smith won 744 games during his 21-year tenure with the Bears. He turned in 16 seasons of 30 or more wins and six campaigns with 40 or more, including a program record 50 wins in 1999. Additionally, the Bears’ five winningest seasons came under Smith’s guidance.

Smith took his Baylor teams to 13 NCAA Regionals, four Super Regionals and culminated the 2005 season with the program’s first berth to the College World Series since 1978. He also claimed a trio of Big 12 Conference Championships, including Baylor’s first outright title in more than 75 years during the 2000 season.

A meet-and-greet event with Coach Smith will be scheduled for a later date in January.