Robert William Smith (December 6, 1912 – September 5, 1994) was an American football, basketball, and baseball coach. He served as the head football coach (1946–1947) and head men's basketball coach (1935–1942) at Furman University.
In 1950, Smith joined the Clemson Tigers football team as an assistant coach under Frank Howard. He later served was the head baseball coach from 1952 to 1957. In his role as Head Baseball Coach at Clemson University, he was named Atlantic Coast Conference Outstanding Coach of 1954.
His wife, Catherine Hampton Jordan Smith, was the first female mayor of Clemson, South Carolina.
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1994 deaths
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