HEAD FOOTBALL COACH
RICKY SMITHER

Northeast Head Football Coach Ricky Smither returns for his second year as Northeast’s go-to guy on the sidelines in 2009.

Smither took over the reins of the Tiger football team on July 3, 2008 when he became the college’s 13th head football coach in school history.

Smither was a member of previous head coach Andy Greening’s staff during the 2007 season as NEMCC’s offensive line coach.

Smither came to Northeast as an assistant football coach on Andy Greening’s staff in February of 2007. Coach Smither enjoyed success as the Tigers' offensive line coach in his first season at NEMCC. His first o-line group at Northeast sported two four-year college signees: Reggie Wade (Jacksonville State) and Greg Magnifico (Belhaven).

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 came to Northeast from Foley High School in Alabama.

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).

Ricky and his wife Lynn have two children; Russ (10) and Kaitlyn (3).