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Lyle Smith was born on 17 March, 1916 in Steptoe, Washington, U.S., is an American football and basketball player and coach. Discover Lyle Smith's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 101 years old?

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Age 101 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born 17 March, 1916
Birthday 17 March
Birthplace Steptoe, Washington, U.S.
Date of death 26 July, 2017
Died Place Boise, Idaho, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1916

Lyle Hilton Smith (March 17, 1916 – July 26, 2017) was an American football and basketball player, coach, and college athletics administrator.

1934

Raised on the Palouse in Steptoe and Moscow, Idaho, Smith graduated from Moscow High School in 1934, after leading the Bears to consecutive state titles in basketball.

He initially attended the University of Idaho's Southern Branch in Pocatello —now Idaho State University— for a year and then returned to his hometown to attend the University of Idaho, where he was a two-sport athlete for the Vandals, a center on the football team under head coach Ted Bank, and a guard on the basketball team, coached by Forrest Twogood.

His teammates at Idaho included future coaches Steve Belko and Tony Knap.

1938

During Smith's senior football season of 1938, the team went 6–3–1, the Vandals' best record in over a decade; Idaho's last winning season in football for a quarter century and the best until 1971.

Idaho was 2–2–1 in Northern Division play in the Pacific Coast Conference and undefeated in the four non-conference games, including a 16–0 shutout in the season finale in Salt Lake City over undefeated Utah, winner of its conference.

The Vandals broke to an early 3–0–1 start and there was early talk of the Rose Bowl in the national press.

1939

Smith received a bachelor's degree in education in 1939 and embarked on a teaching career.

Smith taught and coached for a year at Firth High School in southeastern Idaho, then married fellow 1939 UI graduate Maria Raphael of Weiser in 1940 and returned to Moscow to work in private employment in auto sales.

1941

He became head coach at Moscow High School in the spring of 1941, when Babe Brown crossed town to coach the Vandal freshmen.

1942

Smith entered the U.S. Navy in June 1942 during World War II.

1946

Smith was also the head basketball coach at BJC for one season in 1946–47, tallying a mark of 24–9, and the school athletic director from 1968 to 1981.

Smith served primarily as a physical training instructor, and returned to Moscow and completed his master's degree in education in 1946.

He was to return to the high school as head coach, but resigned in August to accept an offer to be an assistant football coach at Boise Junior College, and became its head coach the following year.

1947

He served as the head football coach at Boise Junior College—now Boise State University—from 1947 to 1967 (except for military duty), compiling a record of .840.

1950

Riding a 31-game winning streak in 1950, the team moved into a new 10,000-seat stadium.

With the outbreak of the Korean War, Smith missed all but the first three games of the 1950 season and the entire 1951 season due to military duty.

1952

He returned in 1952 and was a leading candidate for the vacant job at his alma mater Idaho in 1954, but withdrew his name from consideration, content at Boise.

1958

Boise won thirteen conference titles in football under Smith and the NJCAA National Football Championship in 1958.

1967

Smith stepped down as head coach and became the school's first full-time athletic director in November 1967; the Broncos began competition as a four-year school in 1968.

1968

Boise was a junior college program during Smith's coaching career; it moved up to four-year status in the NAIA in 1968, NCAA Division II in 1970, Division I-AA in 1978, and Division I-A in 1996.

Born in Steptoe, Washington, to Burrell F. and Addie (Humphrey) Smith, Smith's father and older brothers were ranchers.

1973

Smith continued as head baseball coach through the 1973 season, then was succeeded by Ross Vaughn, a Ph.D. candidate in biomechanics and assistant coach at Washington State.

1976

He hired former Vandal teammate Tony Knap as head coach in December, and Knap's successor Jim Criner in 1976.

1980

At the final regular season home game before his retirement as athletic director, the playing field at Bronco Stadium was dedicated in Smith's honor on November 8, 1980.

Boise State won the game over Nevada to secure the conference title and one of the four Division I-AA playoff berths in December.

BSU won the opening-round semifinal over Grambling in Boise on "Lyle Smith Field" and the national title in Sacramento over defending champion Eastern Kentucky.

1981

Smith retired at age 65 in July 1981, succeeded by Mike Mullally of Cal State-Fullerton.

After just months on the job, Mullally resigned under pressure after a backlash at his new priority seating policy.

1982

He was replaced in March 1982 by assistant Gene Bleymaier, who stayed for nearly three decades.

Smith was a key advisor during Bleymaier's first years as director.

2016

Smith turned 100 in March 2016, and died in July 2017 at age 101.