Andy Smith (American football)

Andy Smith

Smith pictured in Debris 1914, Purdue yearbook
Biographical details
Born	(1883-09-10)September 10, 1883 Du Bois, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	January 8, 1926(1926-01-08) (aged 42) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Playing career
1901–1902	Penn State
1903–1904	Penn
Position(s)	Fullback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1905–1908	Penn (assistant)
1909–1912	Penn
1913–1915	Purdue
1916–1925	California
Head coaching record
Overall	116–32–13
Bowls	1–0–1
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
As coach: 4× National (1920–1923) 5× PCC (1918, 1920–1923) As player: National (1904)
Awards
Consensus All-American (1904)
College Football Hall of Fame Inducted in 1951 (profile)

Andrew Latham Smith (September 10, 1883 – January 8, 1926) was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of Pennsylvania (1909–1912), Purdue University (1913–1915), and the University of California, Berkeley (1916–1925), compiling a career college football record of 116–32–13. As head coach of the California Golden Bears football program, Smith guided his "Wonder Teams" to a record of 74–16–7, captured five Pacific Coast Conference titles, and three national championships.^[1] Smith was the winningest football coach in school history until he was surpassed by Jeff Tedford in 2011. He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1951.^[2]