Career
The following year he made five VFL appearances for Hawthorn, then spent time away from the game on national service, before returning to Strathmerton in 1970. His two year stint coaching Corowa, in 1977 and 1978, was the final two seasons that the club played in the, before merging with Rutherglen. In 1979 he coached Belconnen to its first Australian Capital Territory Football League grand final, which they lost to Ainslie.
From 1980 to 1982, Smith played at West He was coach in the last of those years and again for the 1985 season, in a non-playing capacity.
In 1986 he was non-playing coach of the Belconnen Magpies, formed by a merger between Belconnen and West.
