Education
Princeton University.
Princeton University.
He served as the head football coach at Davidson College (1965–1969), the University of the Pacific (1970–1971), and the United States Military Academy (1974–1978), compiling a career college football record 53–71–1 and a bowl record of 0–1. Smith was also the offensive coordinator at the University of California, Los Angeles (1972–1973, 1980–1986, 1990–1993), the University of Alabama (1988–1989, 1994–1995), and the University of Arizona (1996), and for the NFL"s Kansas City Chiefs. As a player, he was a two-time All-East and All-Ivy League fullback at Princeton University.
At Alabama, Smith is remembered for engineering the team"s 62-point effort in a comeback to beat Ole Mission in 1989.
Homer Smith died in 2011.