Hampton Lee Smith (October 1, 1934 – October 2, 2023) was an American football and baseball coach. He served two stints as the head football coach at Albany State University in Albany, Georgia, from 1971 to 1976 and again from 1982 to 1999, and compiling a record of 157–90–4. Smith was also the head baseball coach at Albany State from 1981 to 1983, tallying a mark of 46–37–1. Before being hired at Albany State, Smith coached high school football at

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, both in Mississippi. He graduated from Mississippi Vocational College (now Mississippi Valley State University) and earned a master's degree from Tennessee State University. Smith died on October 2, 2023, one day after his 89th birthday.Coach Hampton Lee "Cutta" Smith
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Head coaching record

College football

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