Paige Smith was named the seventh head coach in Adelphi softball history on July 2, 2007, and begins her fifth season in 2012.
Smith led the Panthers to a 35-20-1 record in 2012, posting a 22-8 mark in NE-10 play. The squad made their first NCAA Tournament appearance since 2008 and reached the NCAA Regional Semifinals. Smith had one NE-10 First Team selection, one Second Team selection and three Third Team selections. She also had one player named All-Region and to the NFCA Second Team.
Smith guided the Panthers to a 29-25 overall record in her fourth season in 2011. Smith led Adelphi to a 19-11 record in conference play as the Panthers entered the NE-10 Tournament as the sixth seed. Smith led her squad deep into the NE-10 Tournament which included a 4-0 win over first-seeded Assumption. Smith landed five players on the NE-10 All-Conference teams (one Second-Team, four Third-Team).
In her third season, Smith guided the Panthers in their first season in the Northeast-10 Conference. Smith led the Panthers to seven wins in their final 10 games to secure the fourth seed in the conference tournament and finish with an 18-12 record in league action. The Panthers won the first two games of the conference tournament, which included an upset win over #10 New Haven, 2-1. After a 13-inning loss to Southern Connecticut, Smith's squad fell to AIC in the semifinals, 4-3, ending their season with a 32-24 record. Under her guidance, Smith placed three players on the All-Conference teams and two on the All-Region teams. She also landed one on the CoSida/ESPN the Magazine All-District Team.
In her second season, Smith put together a 32-14 overall record, going 14-4 in conference play. The Panthers earned the #2 seed in the ECC Tournament, but the run ended early in the first round. She had ten players earn All-Conference honors which included the ECC Player of the Year, two All-Region kudos, CoSida Academic All-District and a Daktronics All-American in Samantha Johnston.
In Smith's first season with the Panthers, the team set a new school record for wins (Division II) compiling 41 victories with just 21 losses. With that, they earned a trip to the NCAA Northeast Regional Tournament making it to the third round. Smith had three Daktronics All-Region players, six All-Conference honorees including the ECC Pitcher of the Year, an ECAC DII All-Star, four Louisville Slugger/NFCA selections and two ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District honorees.
In addition to her head coaching duties, Smith will coordinate all summer camp programs in the new athletic facility slated to open in early 2008.
Prior to Adelphi Smith spent one year as the first assistant coach with the St. John's University softball program where she worked primarily with middle infield and outfield instruction, hitting instruction and all areas of recruiting. Smith worked extensively with Loren Anguiano, who currently plays professional softball with the Philadelphia Force.
Smith was formerly the assistant coach at her alma matter, North Idaho College, in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. During her two-year tenure at North Idaho, Smith coached an infield that captured back-to-back Scenic West Athletic Conference (SWAC) Best Fielding Team titles. 2006 was a big season for the Cardinals as the team won its first ever Region XVIII title and earned a berth to the National Junior College Athletics Association (NJCAA) College World Series. The squad spent the last four weeks of the season ranked nationally in the top-20 and had seven players named to the all-region team.
Before her time with North Idaho, Smith had a one-year stint at Louisburg College in Louisburg, N.C. As an assistant coach for the program, she worked with the infielders and served as the hitting coach. In 2003, Louisburg won the Region X Championship title.
During her playing days, Smith started at North Idaho before transferring to Campbell University following her sophomore season. While at North Idaho, she set the school record for most hits in a single game (5) and started every game at second base. Smith also earned NJCAA Academic All-America and National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-American Scholar Athlete honors in 2000 and 2001.
At Campbell, she started 100 out of 112 games and was voted team captain in 2003. Smith received Presidential and Intercollegiate Scholar honors from 2001-2002 and made the A-Sun All-Academic Team in 2002 and 2003. She also earned the Coaches Award in 2003.
Smith graduated from Campbell University in 2003 with a bachelor's of science in physical education. She later earned her masters of science in adult education and organizational learning from the University of Idaho in 2005. Smith is originally from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and currently resides in Long Beach, N.Y.
