Coach. Leader. Speaker. Author.
About Steve Smith
A lifetime in baseball. Lessons that reach far beyond the game.
Steve Smith has spent more than four decades competing, coaching, and developing people through baseball and leadership.
His coaching journey has taken him from assistant coach to head coach, from leading Baylor to the College World Series to coaching with McGregor High School, Auburn, Tennessee Tech, USA Baseball, and the Detroit Tigers. At Baylor, he became the winningest coach in program history with 744 victories, three Big 12 championships, 13 NCAA Regional appearances, four Super Regionals, and a trip to the College World Series.
But for Steve, the roles have always been about more than baseball. Through success and disappointment, leading and following, building and starting over, he came to understand more deeply the importance of identity, leadership, faith, purpose, and what it really means to win.
Today, Steve shares those lessons with coaches, leaders, teams, churches, and organizations through speaking, teaching, and writing.
Helping People Live Beyond the Scoreboard.
Steve’s message is simple:
Pursue excellence. Lead well. But don’t let performance define you.
His book, Beyond the Scoreboard, grew out of decades of coaching and leadership—and a desire to help people see their work differently.
Whether he’s speaking to a team, a group of coaches, a church, or an organization, Steve challenges people to consider what their own “scoreboard” is measuring—and whether it has become the measure of their worth.
His goal is to help people pursue excellence while discovering the freedom, purpose, and identity that can’t be found in a win-loss record.
Beyond the Ball field
Steve and his wife, Melinda, are Baylor graduates and have two sons, Ryan and Case. Case and his wife, Danelle, have three children, Raleigh, Summit, and Jovie.
After all the games, seasons, championships, wins, and losses, Steve considers his family his greatest blessing.