Coach Smith graduated from Inglemoor HS where he played football, basketball and baseball. He played football with Coach Maxwell in ‘93-’94, on a team that finished 2nd in State. In 2006 he was inducted into the Viking Football Hall of Fame.

He graduated from New Mexico State University with a Bachelors Degree in Psychology and a Minor in Kinesiology, earned his Masters Degree in teaching, and completed his Health and Fitness Endorsement (K-12) from Seattle Pacific U. Coach Smith is a PE teacher at Timbercrest Middle School  in the Northshore School District since 2014.

In addition to playing baseball in college, he played 3 years of minor league baseball in the Northern and Western Leagues.

This is Coach Smith’s 21st year with the Falcon Football program. Cory also coaches boys basketball (2013) & baseball (2016) at Woodinville.

In 2010, Coach Smith led the Mercer Island HS baseball team to a KingCo 3A co-championship, winning the KingCo 3A tournament that led to only the 2nd state playoff appearance and the 1st state play-off victory in school history. He was also voted KingCo 3A Coach of the Year.