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8074 Doug (Smitty) Smith

1969 Review

             


1965 – Laurentian High School (Ottawa) - MVP, running back, city of Ottawa 1965.  Team Captain, High School City Champs. 

1965-1968 - Royal Military College of Canada, my first year at RMC was also Doug Hargreaves first year as RMC head football coach.  Before the end of my first season Coach Hargreaves had me playing both ways - halfback on offence, defensive back on defence.  During my four years at RMC I started every single RMC game, in my final season I was team captain and an OQIFC all-star halfback - the other halfback was Larry Smith who football fans know well. I also played rugby, JV Hockey and boxed at RMC (note, all are contact sports).

1969-1971 – CFS Foymount (Ontario – Ottawa Valley), Telecommunication Operations Officer, left RMC with a hard-earned (I intuitively spread the workload over the full four years.) Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical).

1971-1972 - CFS Moisie (Quebec - north shore), Chief Ground Environment Officer, managed all aspects of a heavy radar site, introduced to Wisers Deluxe.

1972-1973 - CFB Borden, Instructor at the School of Instructional Techniques (SIT)

1973-1974 CFB Kingston, posted to the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals to help train "Army" officers on the workings of radars and Air Defense in general.

1973-1974 Royal Military College of Canada, Defensive Coordinator (football) under Head Coach Bob Swan

1974-1977 - Royal Military College of Canada, Squadron Commander and Head Football Coach, apparently, I was traded at a Signals Officer Mess Garden party to RMC for future considerations.

1978-Retired from the CAF, enrolled in Queen's MBA program along with classmates JC Carlson and Rick Wright. Upon graduation I was presented with the award for most outstanding student of my MBA class.

1978-1982 Queens University Golden Gaels (football), Defensive Coordinator under Head Coach Doug Hargreaves, won the National Championship (Vanier Cup) in 1982.

1979-1983 Alcan Aluminum (Kingston) progressed from Industrial Engineer through Plant Manager to division General Manager. Managed mill operations and later national retail and food-service brands.

1983-1989 – Alcan’s Packaged Foil and Containers (Toronto, Etobicoke), General Manager national retail and food-service brands.  Marketed an innovative microwaveable package call MicroMatch with classmate JA McCormick.

1983-1994 - University of Toronto Varsity Blues (football), Defensive Coordinator, Defensive Line Coach, Defensive Backs Coach, Offensive Receivers Coach, National Champs 1993

1989-1992 ACF Flexible Packaging (Toronto, Don Mills), Chief Operating Officer for a multi-plant firm headquartered in Charlotte NC (400-person, $100 million operation) - laminating, printing, and packaging.

1992-1995 Adeptech (Malton, ON) - Sole proprietor and CEO of a manufacturing company:  I purchased the assets of a firm in Chapter 11, re-built throughout the turn- round, ran successfully for 3 years, and sold the operation to a major multi-national.

1995-1998 Versatron Corporation (Santa Rosa, California) General Manager, along with classmates MG Gainer and JA McCormick, undertook bottom line responsibility as well as site Security Officer, and turned around the struggling defense firm.

1995-1997 - Sonoma State University (football) Defensive Line Coach.

1998-1999 - Santa Rosa Junior College (football) Defensive Line Coach.

1998-2001 - Sonoma State University, Adjunct faculty instructor, taught Marketing Strategy 469, Operations Management 316, Statistics 211.

1998 – 2001 - Santa Rosa Junior College, taught IC theory, Basic-Visual programming, Testing methodology, etc. 

1999-2000 - Mendocino College (football), Offensive Coordinator, QB Coach, Assistant Head Coach,

2000-2001 - College of Marin (football), Offensive Coordinator, QB Coach.

2001 - Hosted first of at least 25 Annual RMC 69ers Golf Outings on the Monterey Peninsula and Santa Rosa.

2002-2017 - Santa Rosa Junior College (football), Defensive Line Coach, Special Teams.


L-R John Carlson, Michael Gainer, Pole, Jack Reid, Smitty at Predator Ridge BC in 2002

2006 - 2014 Horton Automation (Vancouver BC), General Manager of Classmate WJ Reid’s SCADA company, managed rail control projects and general business matters.

2015-2017 - Keysight Technologies (Fountaingrove CA) – semi-retired role in quality 

                                  Jack Reid and Smitty at Smitty's Place in Rancho Mirage CA

2006 - 2014 Horton Automation (Vancouver BC), General Manager of Classmate WJ Reid’s SCADA company, managed rail control projects and general business matters.
2015-2017 - Keysight Technologies (Fountaingrove CA) – semi-retired role in quality control until the Tubbs fire burnt down the plant. While my home in Santa Rosa escaped the fire, I sold and moved south to Palm Springs.

2018-2021- College of the Desert (Palm Springs California -football), Outside linebackers coach, running back coach, special teams 

2019 – I was honored to have my name enshrined on RMC’s Athletic Wall of Distinction.


FootBall Resume

 

2018-2021:        OLB Coach, RB Coach, S.Teams , 2021 Pre-Season, College of the Desert, Head Coach                             Jack Steptoe,  

2012-2017:        Director of Football Operations, Tight Ends and Specialist Coach, Santa Rosa

                          Junior College, Head Coach Len Wagner

2010-2012:        Special Teams Coach, Santa Rosa Junior College, Head Coach Keith Simon                  

2006-2010:        Defensive Line Coach, Santa Rosa Junior College, Head Coach Keith Simons

2005-2006:        Head Coach, Santa Rosa High School:  Principal T. Negri

 2004-2005:       Defensive Line Coach, Santa Rosa Junior College, Head Coach Keith Simons

2003-2004:        Offensive and Defensive Line Coach, Elsie Allen H.S., Head Coach M.Bautista            

2002-2003         Defensive Line Coach, Santa Rosa Junior College, Head Coach Keith Simons

2001-2002         Defensive Line Coach, Montgomery H.S. JVs, Head Coach Rich Swain,                        

2000-2001         Offensive Coordinator, QB Coach, College of Marin, Head Coach George Adams

1999-2000         Offensive Coordinator, QB Coach, Assistant Head Coach, Mendocino College,                                           Head Coach Len Wagner, 

1998-1999         Defensive Line Coach, Santa Rosa Junior College, Head Coach Keith Simons

1995-1997         Defensive Line Coach, Sonoma State University, Head Coach Frank Scalercio,              

1983-1994       Defensive Coordinator, Defensive Line Coach, Defensive Backs Coach,                                                     Offensive Receivers Coach, University of Toronto, Head Coaches Ron Murphy,                                      Doug Mitchell, Bob Laycoe (National Champs 1993)

1978-1982       Defensive Coordinator, Defensive Backs Coach, Linebacker Coach, Defensive                                          Line Coach, Queen’s University, Head Coach Doug Hargreaves (National Champs                                 1982)

1974-1977        Head Coach, Royal Military College of Canada

1973-1974        Defensive Coordinator, Royal Military College of Canada, Head Coach Bob Swan

1965-1968        Running Back, Defensive Back, Slot Back, All Conference honors in 1969,

                         Royal Military College of Canada, Head Coach Doug Hargreaves



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