John Smith (college)

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John Smith

• School Sacramento State, College of the Siskiyous

Biographical Information

John Smith was a college coach for over 30 years.

Smith was a Green Beret for three years between junior college and college. In 1973, he was a graduate assistant at Sacramento State. He was head coach at Encina High School from 1974-1978. He then became head coach at Sacramento State for 1978-1979. He was 19-31 that year, but then had winning records 14 years in a row. In 1988, he set a school record with 43 wins. He took the school to the 1986 Division II College World Series and 1988 Division II College World Series (finishing second in NCAA Division II that year, losing the finale in extra innings). He won 879 games in his 32 seasons then retired, replaced by Reggie Christiansen.

Source: Sacramento State bio

Year-by-Year Coaching Record

Year	School	Overall Record	Conference Record	Notes
1979	California State University, Sacramento	19-31
1980	California State University, Sacramento	28-22	19-17
1981	California State University, Sacramento	32-18	26-10
1982	California State University, Sacramento	27-21	17-16
1983	California State University, Sacramento	22-18	18-14
1984	California State University, Sacramento	29-21
1985	California State University, Sacramento	41-26		Conference Champions Division II Regionals
1986	California State University, Sacramento	24-24		Division II Regionals / Division II CWS 3rd
1987	California State University, Sacramento	38-22
1988	California State University, Sacramento	43-21		Division II Regionals / Division II CWS 2nd
1989	California State University, Sacramento	35-18		Division II Regionals
1990	California State University, Sacramento	34-25	--
1991	California State University, Sacramento	41-23	--
1992	California State University, Sacramento	32-25	--
1993	California State University, Sacramento	36-22	13-11
1994	California State University, Sacramento	27-29	10-14
1995	California State University, Sacramento	28-26	16-13
1996	California State University, Sacramento	12-43	3-27
1997	California State University, Sacramento	16-39	8-22
1998	California State University, Sacramento	25-35	13-17
1999	California State University, Sacramento	18-39	8-22
2000	California State University, Sacramento	23-33	15-15
2001	California State University, Sacramento	24-35	4-14
2002	California State University, Sacramento	22-34	4-20
2003	California State University, Sacramento	33-24	--
2004	California State University, Sacramento	29-32	--
2005	California State University, Sacramento	20-36-1	--
2006	California State University, Sacramento	20-37	8-16	WAC
2007	California State University, Sacramento	17-40	10-14	WAC
2008	California State University, Sacramento	24-34	14-17	WAC
2009	California State University, Sacramento	27-27	8-14
2010	California State University, Sacramento	18-35-1	7-17