Arthur F. Smith

Arthur F. Smith
Playing career
Football
c. 1913	Missouri Wesleyan
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
1914–1915	Leavenworth HS (KS)
1916–1917	Tucson HS (AZ)
1918	Kendall
1919	Baker
1920–1921	Kenyon
Head coaching record
Overall	8–12–7

Arthur F. Smith was an American football coach. He served as the head football coach the University of Tulsa in 1918, Baker University in Baldwin City, Kansas, in 1919, and Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio from 1920 to 1921, compiling a career college football coaching record of record of 8–12–7.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Smith attended Missouri Wesleyan College in Cameron, Missouri, where he played football and baseball before graduating in 1914. He began his coaching career in 1914 at Leavenworth High School in Leavenworth, Kansas and moved to Tucson High School in Tucson, Arizona two years later.^[4]^[5]^[6] He joined the coaching staff at the University of Illinois in 1922.^[7]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Kendall Orange and Black (Oklahoma Intercollegiate Conference) (1918)
1918	Kendall	1–2
Kendall:		1–2
Baker Wildcats (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (1919)
1919	Baker	4–4–1	3–2–1	T–5th
Baker:		4–4–1	3–2–1
Kenyon Lords (Ohio Athletic Conference) (1920–1921)
1920	Kenyon	2–5–1	1–5–1	15th
1921	Kenyon	1–1–5	1–1–4	T–9th
Kenyon:		3–6–6	2–6–5
Total:		8–12–7

^ DeLassus, David. "Baker Wildcats Records By Year (incomplete data)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on August 11, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
^ "Baker Football All-Time Records" (PDF). Baker Wildcats. Retrieved March 19, 2013.
^ "A. F. Smith, Baker University, to Direct Athletics". The Kenyon Collegian. October 20, 1920. Retrieved January 12, 2018.
^ "Former L. H. S. Coach Returns". Leavenworth Times. Leavenworth, Kansas. September 12, 1917. p. 8. Retrieved June 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Baker Has New Coach". The Baldwin Ledger. Baldwin, Kansas. September 12, 1919. p. 1. Retrieved June 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "New Coach On Grounds". The Baker Orange. Baldwin, Kansas. September 15, 1919. p. 1. Retrieved June 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "G. Huff Adds Another To Coaching Staff". The Urbana Daily Courier. Urbana, Illinois. July 8, 1922. p. 5. Retrieved June 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com .

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