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Coaching Staff
 Head
Softball Coach
Howie Smith
►19th
year as Head Softball Coach (488-391 overall record), 24th overall
at Dodge City Community College
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Hometown:
Hoisington, KS
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High School:
Hoisington High School
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Colleges:
Barton County Community College; Bethany
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Howie Smith
begins is 19th season as the Head Coach of the Dodge City
Community College Softball Team and 24th overall. His record
stands at 498 wins against 391 losses, which includes three (3)
conference championships (1991, 1999, 2003), two (2) Region VI
championships (2000, 2002), one (1) West Sub-Regional Championship
(2004), three (3) conference runner-up finishes (1994, 1998,
2005), two (2) Region VI runner-up finishes (1997, 1998) and two
trips to the NJCAA Softball World Series (2000, 2002) which
included a 4th place finish at the 2000 World Series held in
Kissimmee Florida.
In 1997, Smith was
named KJCCC Coach of the Year in the Western Division, and in
2000, Smith and his assistant coach were named NFCA (National
Fastpitch Coaches Association) West Region Coach Staffing of the
Year, and a finalist for the National Coach of the Year.
Smith is also starting his fifth (5th) year as the Director of
Athletics at DCCC. Coach Smith is the Chairperson for the
NFCA Junior College Lead-Off Softball Classic that is held every
third year in Panama City Florida and has held that position for
the past nine (9) years. He is also the West Representative
for Division II All-American selections thru the NFCA..
After graduating from Bethany, Smith went back home and
coached both football and wrestling at Hoisington High School, and
then in 1985, took the assistant softball coaching position at
DCCC.
While at DCCC, Smith has had 79 players received All-Conference
Recognition, 44 players received All-Region VI honors, and six
have received All-American recognition, and had a player named to
the NJCAA National Tournament All-Tournament team. The DCCC
softball program has also produced 28 Academic All-Americans.
Smith has one daughter, Chantel who is a Sophmore at Dodge City
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