Baseball Coaching Staff
Head Coach Marty Smith
Career Highlights
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Career record of 491-349-3 over 16 seasons
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2 FCCAA state championships
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2-time FCCAA Coach of the Year
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5-time Mid-Florida Conference Coach of the Year
Career Record
Year |
Record |
Mid-Florida Conference |
Postseason |
27-20 |
12-12 |
- | |
36-18 |
16-8, runner-up |
FCCAA qualifier Lost to Miami-Dade 10-1; defeated Manatee 19-9; Lost to Tallahassee 10-2 |
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2008 |
28-24 |
10-13 |
- |
2007 |
35-22 |
14-10, champion |
FCCAA State runner-up |
2006 |
27-19 |
14-10 |
- |
2005 |
25-22 |
14-10 |
- |
2004 |
31-20-1 |
19-5, champion |
FCCAA State runner-Up |
2003 |
29-23-1 |
11-16 |
- |
2002 |
17-35-1 |
10-18 |
- |
2001 |
31-22 |
17-11, champion |
FCCAA State Tournament appearance |
2000 |
29-24 |
12-16 |
- |
1999 |
29-24 |
- | |
1998 |
41-18 |
runner-up |
FCCAA champion |
1997 |
40-20 |
champion |
FCCAA champion |
1996 |
34-17 |
champion |
FCCAA State Tournament appearance |
1995 |
32-21 |
Biography
Marty Smith enters his 17th season as head coach at College of Central Florida on the verge of an historic achievement. Smith, a two-time FCCAA state champion and five-time Mid-Florida Conference champion, opens the 2011 season with a career record of 491-349-3, just nine victories short of his 500th career victory.
A Jacksonville native, Smith has been a fixture of Florida baseball since his stellar high school playing days at state power Terry Parker High School. He joined the CF Patriots in 1984, playing two seasons under coach Dr. Roger "Marty" Martinsen and earning all-Mid-Florida Conference honors as a sophomore, then completed his playing career at St. Thomas University in Miami, where he played for future Louisiana State coach Paul Mainieri.
Smith launched his coaching career immediately after college, joining the staff of NJCAA Hall of Fame coach Demie Mainieri at Miami-Dade Community College-North and helping a squad led by future Major League Baseball star Mike Piazza to an FCCAA State Tournament berth. He followed a two-year stint at Miami-Dade with a season at FSC-Jacksonville, where he assisted Howard Roey, another NJCAA Hall of Famer, in guiding the Stars to an FCCAA championship.
Smith returned to his alma mater in 1991 as an assistant to Dr. Martinsen, and ultimately succeeded his retiring mentor as Patriots head coach in 1994. Three years into his tenure, Smith won the first of two consecutive FCCAA state championships, taking the Patriots to the Juco World Series in 1997 and 1998. In addition, Smith's teams have won five MFC championships (1996, 1997, 2001, 2004 and 2007) and finished as state runner-up on two occasions (2004 and 2007).
Smith has collected numerous accolades in the process: Gulf District NJCAA Division I Baseball Coach of the Year (1998); Louisville Slugger NJCAA Region VIII Coach of the Year (1997, 1998); Diamond ABCA Regional Coach of the Year (1997, 1998); FCCAA State Coach of the Year (1997, 1998); Junior College Coach of the Year by the Florida Diamond Club (1997); and Mid-Florida Coach of the Year (1996, 1997, 2001, 2004 and 2007). In 2004, Smith served as head coach of the NJCAA's All-Star entry in the NJCAA-China Friendship Series, leading his team to four wins in five games at Beijing. Smith has been a member of the American Baseball Coaches Association for 19 years.
Smith and his wife, Cathy, reside in Ocala and have been married for 18 years. They have a son, Ryan, 17, and a daughter, Raegan, 12.
Assistant Coach Daniel Hersey
A native of Key West, Florida, Coach Hersey played high school baseball at Key West High School. In 1998, Key West High won a state championship and Hersey played alongside current St. Louis Cardinals SS Khalil Greene. He attended Rollins College in Winter Park, FL (2000-2003) and played for Head Coach Bob Rikeman. He finished his playing career at the State University of West Georgia in 2004. He earned his undergraduate degree in Psychology from Saint Leo University.
Hersey, 26, began his coaching career in 2005 as a pitching coach at Saint Leo University. He spent the summer of 2005 in Zephyrhills, FL as Assistant Coach for the Zephyrhills Snappers of the Florida Collegiate Summer League and helped lead them to the 2005 League Championship. In 2006, he was promoted to Assistant Head Coach and Recruiting Coordinator at Saint Leo University. In the summer of 2006, he was Pitching Coach for the Duluth Huskies of the Northwoods League and helped lead them to the 2nd Half Championship. In the summer of 2008, he was Head Coach for the Wilmington Sharks of the Coastal Plain League.
Along with coaching the Patriots, Hersey works private lessons and baseball clinics. He feels working alongside Coach Smith; he will gain valuable knowledge that will allow him to one day to achieve his goal of becoming a Head Coach.
Volunteer Assistant Coach Butch Elkins
