Cliff Smith entered the 2007 season as only the ninth head coach in Elizabethtown College's storied 78 year baseball history. Although this is his first head coaching job, Smith comes to Etown full of knowledge and playing experience.

Coach Smith was raised in Haverhill, Massachusetts, and was a two sport captain in both baseball and basketball at Haverhill High School. In 1995, he helped his baseball team reach the state tournament for the first time in 50 years. He was also a two time Merrimack Valley Conference All-Star in both basketball and baseball. Upon graduating high school in 1997, Smith moved onto Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts.

At Brandeis, he was a four year starter and a member of two NCAA Tournament teams. During his sophomore season, the Judges won the New England Regional and moved onto the 1999 College World Series, finishing in eighth place. That following summer, Coach Smith was a NECBL all-star, striking out the third highest total in league history to that point. His junior year did not go as planned. He had arm troubles and ended up having surgery on his throwing elbow. However, his rehab went smooth and he was rewarded with being selected as a captain his senior year. At the end of his senior year in 2001, Smith was signed as an undrafted free agent with the Anaheim Angles.

From 2001-04, he played in the Angels organizations getting as high as Double A in two different stints in 2003 and 2004. After being released by Anaheim, he played out the 2004 season with the Nashua Pride of the Atlantic League, pitching for former Red Sox manager Butch Hobson. In 2005, Smith was picked up by the Lancaster Barnstormers in the Atlantic League expansion draft. He pitched up through June with the Barnstormers until he became the first pitcher in team history to be picked up by a professional organization. The Pittsburgh Pirates bought out his contract but at the end of the 2005 season, he retired from professional baseball.

During his time in the offseasons, Smith worked as a volunteer pitching coach at his alma mater, as well as a subsitute teacher at the Albert B. Consentino Middle School in Haverhill. Upon his retirement he worked as an Educational Technician at Mt. Aratat High School in Topsham, Maine to supplement his coaching at Bowdoin College.

Before becoming the Blue Jays coach, Smith was the pitching coach at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine. While his tenure there was short, he helped the team to a school record in wins as they made their first NCAA Divison III tournament appearance in school history. His pitching staff earned a 3.30 earned run average in 2006 and he also was involved in recruiting, fundraising, developing off-seaon strength and conditioning programs, instruction in skills and strategy, and day-to-day managerial duties.

In his first season, Coach Smith guided the Blue Jays to their second consecutive Commonwealth Conference Champions as they went 23-18, and finished in fifth in the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional. The Jays have advanced to the conference playoffs each of the last nine seasons.

Assistant Coach Mike Carnes- photo and bio coming soon

Athletic Trainer Mike Sweger -