Bob Smith (American football coach)
{{Short description|American football coach}}
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{{Infobox college coach
| name = Bob Smith
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1940|4|22}}
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| alma_mater =
| coach_years1 = 1973–1977
| coach_team1 = Manual HS (IL)
| coach_years2 = 1978–1983
| coach_team2 = Illinois (assistant)
| coach_years3 = 1984–1987
| coach_team3 = Southeast Missouri State
| coach_years4 = 1988
| coach_team4 = Illinois (assistant)
| coach_years5 = 1989–1993
| coach_team5 = Southern Illinois
| overall_record = 34–64–1 (football)
| bowl_record =
| tournament_record =
| championships = 1 MIAA (1987)
| awards =
| coaching_records = MIAA Coach of the Year (1987)
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Bob Smith (born April 22, 1940) is a former American football coach. He served as the head football coach at Southeast Missouri State University from 1984 to 1987 and Southern Illinois University Carbondale from 1989 to 1993, compiling a career college football coaching record of 34–64–1.
Smith was the head football coach at Manual High School in Peoria, Illinois from 1973 to 1977.{{cite news |author= |title=Illinois Grid staff add Smith, Carr |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52207069/the-pantagraph/ |newspaper=The Pantagraph |location=Bloomington, Illinois |agency=Associated Press |date=December 27, 1977 |page=14 |access-date=May 26, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }} In 1978, he joined the coaching staff at the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign and was put in charge of the receivers under head coach Gary Moeller. He remained on the Illinois staff when Mike White took over the program in 1980. By 1983, Smith was coaching the offensive linemen and helped guide the 1983 Illinois Fighting Illini football team to a Big Ten Conference title and an appearance in the 1984 Rose Bowl.{{cite news |author= |title=SE Missouri named coach |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52206224/journal-gazette/ |newspaper=Journal Gazette |location=Mattoon, Illinois |agency=United Press International |date=December 9, 1983 |page=15 |access-date=May 26, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
Smith led the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks to a record of 17–26–1 in four seasons. His 1987 squad shared the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) title and Smith was named the conference's coach of the year. In early 1988, he resigned to return to Illinois and join the staff of John Mackovic, who had been hired to succeed White as head coach.{{cite news |author= |title=SEMO Football Coach Resigns, Joining Illini |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52206224/journal-gazette/ |newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |location=St. Louis, Missouri |date=February 13, 1988 |page=30 |access-date=May 26, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}
Head coaching record
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Southeast Missouri State Indians
| conf = Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| startyear = 1984
| endyear = 1987
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1984
| name = Southeast Missouri State
| overall = 1–10
| conference = 1–4
| confstanding = 5th
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1985
| name = Southeast Missouri State
| overall = 4–7
| conference = 2–3
| confstanding = T–3rd
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1986
| name = Southeast Missouri State
| overall = 6–5
| conference = 4–1
| confstanding = 2nd
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship = conference
| year = 1987
| name = Southeast Missouri State
| overall = 6–4–1
| conference = 4–0–1
| confstanding = T–1st
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| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
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{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Southeast Missouri State
| overall = 17–26–1
| confrecord = 11–8–1
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Southern Illinois Salukis
| conf = Gateway Football Conference
| startyear = 1989
| endyear = 1993
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1989
| name = Southern Illinois
| overall = 2–9
| conference = 1–5
| confstanding = T–6th
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1990
| name = Southern Illinois
| overall = 2–9
| conference = 1–5
| confstanding = T–6th
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| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1991
| name = Southern Illinois
| overall = 7–4
| conference = 4–2
| confstanding = T–2nd
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1992
| name = Southern Illinois
| overall = 4–7
| conference = 2–4
| confstanding = T–4th
| bowlname =
| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Entry
| championship =
| year = 1993
| name = Southern Illinois
| overall = 2–9
| conference = 1–5
| confstanding = 7th
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| bowloutcome =
| bcsbowl =
| ranking = no
| ranking2 = no
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record Subtotal
| name = Southern Illinois
| overall = 17–38
| confrecord = 9–21
}}
{{CFB Yearly Record End
| overall = 34–64–1
| bowls = no
| poll = no
| polltype =
}}
References
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{{Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football coach navbox}}
{{Southern Illinois Salukis football coach navbox}}
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Category:Illinois Fighting Illini football coaches
Category:Southern Illinois Salukis football coaches
Category:Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football coaches
Category:High school football coaches in Illinois
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