Frank Smith (Canadian football)

Frank Smith
Career information
Born:	1931 or 1932 (age 92–93) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Status	Retired
CFL status	National
Position(s)	G
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	195 lb (88 kg)
College	Olympic College
Career history
As player
1953	Calgary Stampeders
1954	Edmonton Eskimos
1955	BC Lions
1956	Winnipeg Blue Bombers

Career highlights and awards
Grey Cup champion (1954)

Frank Smith (born c. 1931) is a Canadian former gridiron football player and coach. He played professionally for the Edmonton Eskimos. He won the Grey Cup with them in 1954, 1955 and 1956. Smith attended Olympic College, where he played junior college football.

Smith coached football at Eastern Washington University, Wenatchee Valley College, and Montana State University. In 1973, he took a position at the University of British Columbia, coaching until 1994, during which time he won five conference titles and Canadian Interuniversity Sport championships in 1982 and 1986. His final record with UBC was 126–90–4. He was hired to the coaching staff of the BC Lions in 1997, 1998 and 2000 and also served on the coaching staff of the Saskatchewan Roughriders. He was inducted in the UBC Sports Hall of Fame as a builder in 2012.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Wenatchee Valley Knights (Washington Junior College Conference / Washington Community College Conference) (1966–1967)
1966	Wenatchee Valley	3–6	1–5	6th
1967	Wenatchee Valley	3–6–1	1–5–1	7th
Wenatchee Valley:		6–12–1	2–10–1
Total:		6–12–1

v t e Wenatchee Valley Knights head football coaches
Bill Sewell (1949–1954) Don Coryell (1955) Tom Parry (1956–1957) Milt Schwenk (1958) Dick Heath (1959) Frank Mataya (1960) Tom Parry (1961–1965) Frank Smith (1966–1967) Vern Rosene (1968) Paul Seale (1969–1974) Don McKeta (1975–1976) Sandy Cooprider (1977–1991)

v t e UBC Thunderbirds head football coaches
Gordon Burke (1923–1936) Maury Van Vliet (1937–1941) John Farina (1942) No team (1943–1944) Greg Kabat (1945–1947) Don Wilson (1948) Orville Burke (1949–1950) Jelly Anderson (1951–1952) Don Coryell (1953–1954) Frank Gnup (1955–1972) Norm Thomas (1973) Frank Smith (1974–1994) Casey Smith (1995–1997) Dave Johnson (1998) Jay Prepchuk (1999–2001) Laurent DesLauriers (2002–2005) Ted Goveia (2006–2009) Shawn Olson (2010–2014) Blake Nill (2015–present)

v t e Edmonton Eskimos 42nd Grey Cup champions
14 Oscar Kruger 15 Norman Kwong 18 Rollie Miles 24 Johnny Bright 39 Steve Mendryk 40 Eagle Keys 41 Bill Briggs 42 Bob Dean 43 Don Barry 52 Frank Morris 53 Jim Quondamatteo 54 Frank Smith 55 Roger Nelson 59 Mike King 60 Ray McLeod 62 Bill Zock 63 Jim Weatherall 66 Leon Manley 70 Frank Anderson 71 Steve Bendiak 74 Rollin Prather 80 Rod Pantages 81 Earl Lindley 83 Laurie Hodgson 84 Ted Tully 85 Glen Lippman 87 Al Bryant 90 Bernie Faloney 91 Jackie Parker 92 Ray Willsey 93 Glenn McWhinney 94 Bob Hayton 96 Don Simon 97 Dave West 99 Claude Arnold Head coach: Pop Ivy Line coach: Cliff Speegle General Manager: Al Anderson President: Ken Montgomery

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