Tim Smith has been coaching basketball more than 25 years, but his journey has been anything short of easy.
From entering the workforce as an adolescent and experiencing military conflict in the Middle East to becoming one of the most successful girls basketball coaches in Middle Tennessee, Smith has always seen himself as an “underdog.”
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