Hampton Smith

Hampton Smith
Biographical details
Born(1934-10-01)October 1, 1934
Mississippi, U.S.
DiedOctober 2, 2023(2023-10-02) (aged 89)
Albany, Georgia, U.S.
Playing career
Football
1953–1956Mississippi Vocational / Mississippi Valley State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1959Mississippi Valley State (assistant)
1960–1961McComb HS (MS)
1962–1968J. E. Johnson HS (MS)
1969–1970Tennessee State (assistant)
1971–1976Albany State
1977–1978Arkansas–Pine Bluff (assistant)
1979Mississippi Valley State (OB)
1980–1981Albany State (assistant)
1982–1999Albany State
Baseball
1981–1983Albany State
Head coaching record
Overall157–90–4 (college football)
46–37–1 (college baseball)
TournamentsFootball
1–5 (NCAA D-II playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Football
9 SIAC (1984–1986, 1988, 1993–1997)

Hampton Lee Smith (October 1, 1934 – October 2, 2023) was an American football and baseball coach. He served two stints as the head football coach at Albany State University in Albany, Georgia, from 1971 to 1976 and again from 1982 to 1999, and compiling a record of 157–90–4. Smith was also the head baseball coach at Albany State from 1981 to 1983, tallying a mark of 46–37–1. Before being hired at Albany State, Smith coached high school football at McComb High School and Prentiss High School, both in Mississippi. He graduated from Mississippi Vocational College (now Mississippi Valley State University) and earned a master's degree from Tennessee State University.[1]

Smith died on October 2, 2023, one day after his 89th birthday.[2]

  1. ^ "Prep coach gets college post". Delta Democrat Times. Greenville, Mississippi. United Press International. August 17, 1971. p. 8. Retrieved January 3, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ Coach Hampton Lee "Cutta" Smith