L.T. Smith - Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame

L.T. Smith

Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame Inductee

Coaching

L.T. Smith Mississippi Hall of Fame Inductee

L.T. Smith Stats, Bio

Born: September 10, 1918

Hometown: Jackson, MS

Year Induction: 1998

High School Career

Lanier High School (1932-1938)

College Career

Jackson State College (1938)

Tougaloo College (1939, 1946-1947)

Coaching career

Alexander High School, Brookhaven, MS (1942-1944)

Bell Street High School, Grenada, MS (1944-1945)

Head Coach, Lanier High School, Jackson, MS (1945-1968)

SWAC football and basketball official for 30 years

Father of the JSU homecoming parade

Hall of Fame Memberships

Tougaloo College (1993)

Mississippi Association of Coaches (1979)

Did You Know?

Until 1951, Coach Smith’s football teams had to use shoe polish to write numbers on their jerseys. A picture of the jerseys is upstairs in the high school gallery.

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