Smith begins his first year at McDaniel in 2024-25 after working as an operations assistant with the Washington Spirit of the National Women’s Soccer League.
With the Spirit, Smith oversaw pregame and post-game locker-room setup, acted as referee liaison and assisted players and team personnel. His other duties included coordinating corporate sponsorship activations, assisting with entertainment during live events, and organizing advertising boards along the sidelines of Audi Field.
Smith also served as a Team Administrator for the D.C. Defenders of the XFL during the team’s 2023 season. He organized and maintained player equipment, tracked inventory, coordinated with food and entertainment vendors, assisted with promotional events and set-up the stadium on game day, including pylons, advertisement boards, field goal netting, and locker rooms.
In addition, Smith served as an Events and Sponsorship Assistant Director for the Club Champions League in Charlottesville, Va. and Digital Marketing Coordinator for Eurotech Soccer Camps and Tours in Williamsburg, Va.
Smith held the role of Game Day Events Coordinator as an undergrad at Seton Hill University where he worked with the field hockey, football, soccer, volleyball and baseball teams and served as a liaison for international athletes, away teams, and officials. He also worked with community groups to host events on campus, organized equipment and apparel for the men’s and women’s soccer teams, and helped with maintenance efforts for the campus’s athletic facilities.
A 2019 graduate with a bachelor’s degree in Sports Management, he was a three-year member and two-year starter as a goalkeeper on the men's soccer team. An academic and athletic scholarship, recipient, he appeared in 13 games and totaled 32 saves for the Griffins and was named Teammate of the Year as a senior.
Smith earned his master’s degree in Sports Marketing from Leeds Beckett University in the United Kingdom in 2021.
