Homer Smith (American football), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Homer Smith (American football)

American football player and coach

Date of Birth: 09-Oct-1931

Place of Birth: Omaha, Nebraska, United States

Date of Death: 10-Apr-2011

Profession: head coach, American football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Homer Austin Smith (October 9, 1931 – April 10, 2011) was an American football player and coach.
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 Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL).
In 1997, Smith was a finalist for the Broyles Award, given annually to the nation's top college football assistant coach. Smith was named 1977 Eastern College Conference Coach of the Year and was presented an Outstanding Achievement Award by the American Football Coaches Association in 2006.
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 Miss in 1989. In addition to his undergraduate degree from Princeton, he also received post-graduate degrees from Stanford Business School and Harvard Divinity School.Smith died in 2011.