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contact info: 662-720-7890
SMITHER NAMED ASSISTANT FOOTBALL COACH
February 14 , 2007
BOONEVILLE, Miss.-- Northeast Mississippi Community College has hired Ricky Smither as assistant football coach, NEMCC President Dr. Johnny Allen announced on Wednesday, February 14, 2007.
Smither graduated from Delta State University with a B.S. degree in Education in 1993, and a Master’s in Education from DSU in 1996. Having coached 10 years at the High School, Community College, and Division-One levels, Smither comes to Northeast from Foley High School in Alabama.
“We are pleased that Ricky Smither has accepted our offer to join our football coaching staff here at Northeast,” NEMCC President, Dr. Johnny Allen said. “His resume speaks for itself in terms of his coaching experience, but more importantly he’s a fine person with a great family. He’s passionate about working with student-athletes, and he will fit in well with the Northeast family and community.”
Smither began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Delta State University in 1995, later accepting a coaching position at Cleveland (Miss.) High School in 1997. He made the move to community college coaching in 1998, joining the staff at Coahoma Community College. From 1999-2006, Smither enjoyed stints at East Side High School (Miss.), H.L. Bourgeois High School (Louisiana), while also working at the Division-I level as an assistant coach at Mississippi Valley State University (2002-04).
“I’ve coached in college before,” Smither explained, “and once you get a taste of it you always want to be a part of it, from the campus life, to recruiting. Early in my career I learned a lot about Northeast and the city of Booneville from coaching against them. I also recruited Northeast heavily while I was at Mississippi Valley (State University). I told myself then if I ever got the opportunity to work at this college I would be crazy not to go, so when coach Greening called me it was a no-brainer. I can’t wait to get started.”
Smither’s will begin his employment with NEMCC on March 1.
“Coach Smither is an outstanding football coach, “ NEMCC head coach Andy Greening stated. “We’re looking forward to getting him on the field with our players as soon as possible.”
Northeast begins spring football practice on February 26.
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