Steve Smith is in his 18th season as head coach of Baylor's baseball program. In his first 17 years, Smith guided Baylor to its most successful 10-year run in the program's history and a 2005 College World Series appearance. Smith also served as 2008 president of the American Baseball Coaches Association and head coach of the 2005 USA Baseball National Team.  A 2006 Baylor Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, Smith has compiled a 619-415-1 career record, all at Baylor. He holds the third-best winning percentage (.599) of any coach with at least five years experience leading the Baylor program. He also ranks second among the program's 18 head coaches in career victories and enters the 2012 season 30 wins shy of all-time leader Mickey Sullivan.

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Smith has led Baylor to 12 NCAA Regional appearances, three NCAA Super Regional appearances and one College World Series. He also has coached 12 All-America selections and eight USA Baseball National Team members while at Baylor. Off the field, Smith's teams have maintained a high standard of excellence in the classroom and in the community. In 2007, Baylor was one of 30 Division I programs and the only Big 12 school to receive a Public Recognition Award from the NCAA Division I Academic Performance Program for having an Academic Progress Rate (APR) score among the nation's top 10 percent.

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After being selected by the San Francisco Giants in the fifth round of the 1983 free agent draft, Smith spent four years working his way through the Giants' minor league system, ending his professional career in 1986 with the Class AAA Phoenix Firebirds. In his initial season of professional baseball with the Great Falls Giants, Smith went 8-3 with 107 strikeouts in 94 innings and only 16 walks. After an elbow injury limited him to only 60 innings in 1984, Smith won eight games for the Fresno Giants en route to the California League championship in 1985. Smith returned to Baylor in 1986 to complete a degree in secondary education. He then served as a graduate assistant for coach Mark Johnson at Texas A&M, where he received his master's degree in business administration in 1989.

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Off the field, Smith co-produced a two-volume video, "The Care and Maintenance of the Pitching Shoulder," and has since released an instructional video, "Preparing for Pitcher Success." He speaks to numerous youth and civic groups each year and serves as a deacon at the First Baptist Church of Woodway.

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