Steve Smith is an American

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for the

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team at Oak Hill Academy in

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. He is a 1977 graduate of Asbury College, a four-year Christian liberal arts college located in

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, and holds an M.S. degree from

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. Coach Smith has been named ''

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'' National Coach of the Year four times (1994, 1999, 2004, 2012). Coach Smith’s Oak Hill Warriors have been crowned "National High School Champions" nine times (1993, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2016). He has coached 32 McDonald's All-Americans and has had 34 former players go on to the

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including 16 1st round picks.

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