Gilbert E. Smith

American sports coach (1903–1980)
Gilbert E. Smith
Biographical details
Born(1903-09-22)September 22, 1903
Defiance, Ohio, U.S.
DiedJanuary 1, 1980(1980-01-01) (aged 76)[1][2]
Playing career
Football
1924–1927Defiance
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1933–1935Defiance
Basketball
1933–1936Defiance
Baseball
1934–1936Defiance
Head coaching record
Overall11–11–2 (football)
27–16 (basketball)
12–18 (baseball)

Gilbert Emerson Smith (September 22, 1903 – January 1, 1980) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach at Defiance College in Defiance, Ohio.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Coach Gil Smith". Defiance City Schools. 2019. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
  2. ^ "Death Master File: Gilbert Smith". U.S. Social Security Administration. Retrieved 2021-12-09.
  3. ^ Who's Who in American Sports. National Biographical Society. 1928. Retrieved March 22, 2018.
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Defiance Yellow Jackets head football coaches
  • Chester A. Darling (1904–1905)
  • No team (1906–1913)
  • J. D. Kibler (1914)
  • George E. Thompson (1915–1916)
  • No team (1917–1918)
  • Orin E. Snyder (1919)
  • Abraham J. Sharadin (1920)
  • Charles R. Vanderscoff (1921–1922)
  • Ernest R. Miller (1923–1924)
  • Paul Mason (1925–1926)
  • Emerald B. Wilson (1927–1930)
  • Paul R. Lyne (1931)
  • Carl Voltmer (1932)
  • Gilbert E. Smith (1933–1935)
  • Merner Call (1936–1938)
  • N. M. Jorgensen (1939–1940)
  • Virgil Bingman (1941–1942)
  • No team (1943–1945)
  • Larry Schultz (1946–1947)
  • Frederic Bennetts (1948–1950)
  • Vic Rowen (1951–1953)
  • Dick Small (1954–1963)
  • Kirk Mee (1964–1966)
  • Roger Merb (1967–1970)
  • Lance E. Tigyer (1971–1973)
  • Gary Shaefer (1979–1984)
  • Bob Kuszmaul (1985–1987)
  • Malen Luke (1988–1993)
  • Ed Stults (1994–1995)
  • Greg Pscodna (1996–2002)
  • Robert Taylor (2003–2011)
  • Brian Sheehan (2012–2015)
  • Casey Goff (2016)
  • Aaron Mershman (2017)
  • Manny Matsakis (2018–2020)
  • Earnest Wilson (2021)
  • Bill Nickell (2022– )