Steve Smith serves as Head Coach for Drake University's Women's Golf program in Des Moines, Iowa. Drake University Director of Athletics Brian Hardin announced the elevation of Steve Smith to head coach of the Drake women's golf program on May 24, 2022. Smith was appointed interim head coach on Feb. 18, 2022 with 33 years of coaching experience at his disposal.
Smith has also led the Bulldogs to back-to-back third place finishes at the MVC Championship for the 2023-24 and and 2024-25 seasons. Smith coached Kristen Giles to become just the second Bulldog women's golfer to win the MVC Championship and represented Drake and the MVC as an individual at the 2022 NCAA Division I Stillwater Regional. In the season's final tune-up prior to the MVC Championship, the Bulldogs tied for first at the Redbird Spring Invitational on April 9. Prior to that, he was the head boys and girls golf coach as well as a teacher at Johnston High School from 1991-2020, earning District Coach of the Year honors on five occasions.
