NEW SOCCER COACH

Brad Smith has been chosen to lead Crowder College into the soccer mainstream. Coach Smith comes to Crowder with over 30 years of college coaching and administrative experience. He has amassed over 290 collegiate coaching wins and has led three different teams to the NAIA National Soccer Tournament. His teams are known for their quality of play, competitiveness and sportsmanship.

Smith is known as a program builder. He has started soccer programs at Westmar University, Si Tanka University and Dakota Wesleyan University. He has also had stops at Brescia University, Tarkio College, Tennessee Wesleyan College, and East Carolina University. He has been involved with the administration of NAIA soccer serving as both a Region and Conference Chairman for over 15 years.

Smith’s Brescia University teams have won the last two regular season Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championships. He has had numerous players named to All Conference, All Region and All America teams. Known as a players coach, Smith has also directed the Thunderdome Indoor Soccer Tournament for the past 26 years. Thunderdome is the longest running (consecutive years) indoor soccer tournament in the country. He has written a book, McClellan Park Dragons, which he hopes will be the first in a series of youth soccer books.

“I am excited about the opportunity at Crowder,” Smith said. “The student first attitude makes it very enticing to become part of the Crowder family. I hope we can give the Crowder community a team worthy of their support and look forward to making the post season dreams a reality.”

Smith has a M.S. from the University of Tennessee in Motor Behavior and Sport Psychology, a MAed from East Carolina University in Counselor Education, and a B.A. from East Carolina University in Sociology. He is committed to a well rounded education for his players and the cohesiveness of his teams.