Bill Smith (baseball executive)

{{Short description|Baseball executive from the United States}}

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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1958}}

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| alma_mater = Hamilton College - 1980

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| spouse = Becky

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Bill Smith (born 1958) is an American sports executive, who served as the fifth general manager for the Minnesota Twins. He took over October 1, 2007 from longtime manager and mentor Terry Ryan.Neal III, La Velle E. [http://www.startribune.com/sports/twins/11700821.html Twins: Ryan steps down, Smith will take over.] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080202121612/http://www.startribune.com/sports/twins/11700821.html |date=2008-02-02 }} The Star Tribune. 13 Sept. 2007. The Twins fired Smith as general manager on November 7, 2011,{{cite web |url=http://www.1500espn.com/sportswire/Bill_Smith_out_as_Twins_general_manager_Terry_Ryan_takes_interim_role110711 |title=Bill Smith out as Twins general manager; Terry Ryan takes interim role |publisher=1500espn.com |accessdate=2013-10-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102062915/http://www.1500espn.com/sportswire/Bill_Smith_out_as_Twins_general_manager_Terry_Ryan_takes_interim_role110711 |archivedate=2013-11-02 }} and replaced him with his predecessor, Ryan. Six weeks later, Smith was given a new role in the Minnesota organization as assistant to both GM Ryan and club president Dave St. Peter.{{cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/sports/twins/135775003.html |title=Bill Smith given new job with Twins as top assistant |publisher=Star Tribune |date= |accessdate=2013-10-13}}

Smith graduated from Hamilton College in 1980.

After leaving the Minnesota Twins organization in January 2017{{cite web|url=http://www.startribune.com/rowson-named-twins-hitting-coach-bill-smith-leaving-organization/404239156/ |title=Twins hire hitting coach away from Yankees; Bill Smith leaving team|accessdate=2018-12-11}} he became assistant to the president in the Minor League Baseball Office in May.{{cite web|url=https://www.milb.com/milb/news/smith-joins-minor-league-baseball-staff/c-227616042 |title=Smith joins Minor League Baseball staff|accessdate=2018-12-11}}

He lives in Bloomington, Minnesota, with his wife Becky and their three daughters.