ST. LOUIS - Maryville University Director of Athletics and Campus Recreation Brittany C. Fennell announced that Brad Smith has been selected as the new head men's and women's golf coach. He comes to the Saints after four seasons as the head men's golf coach at Webster University. Smith succeeds Scott Thomas who announced his retirement earlier this summer.
 
During his four seasons at Webster, Smith led the Gorloks to two St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships in 2022 and 2023 to earn automatic bids to the NCAA Division III National Tournament. He was twice voted the SLIAC Coach of the year (2022 and 2023) and oversaw 13 players earn All-Conference honors, and had 12 individuals earn All-Academic recognition. Smith guided Jan Antonin Wdowka to back-to-back SLIAC individual men's golf championships in 2023 and 2024 as he picked up conference Men's Golfer of the Year honors in two straight seasons.
 
Originally from Adelaide, Australia, Smith was a two-time NJCAA All-American at Indian Hills Community College in Ottumwa, Iowa. He won five individual titles during his time there, including the 2006 NJCAA Championship, where he tied the course and championship record with a 10-under-par 62 in the second round. Smith went on to win the championship in a playoff after tying the 72-hole scoring record with Brady Jones.

Smith later transferred to Division I University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). He was named Conference USA Newcomer of the Year in 2006-07 and earned First-Team All-Conference USA and Academic All-Conference USA honors as a senior in 2007-08. He also finished runner-up in the Conference USA Championship and won the Shoal Creek Intercollegiate.

As an amateur, Smith's playing highlights included a second-place finish in the 2004 Australian Amateur Strokeplay Championship. He was named to the All-Australian High School Golf Team in 2001 during his senior year at Scotch College. Smith competed as a touring professional golfer from 2008 to 2017, playing on tours such as the Asian, Australian, DP World, Korn Ferry, and Latin American Tours. In 2015, he served as the Director of Instruction at Eagle's Landing Country Club in Stockbridge, Georgia.
 
Smith serves as the U.S.-based Managing Partner for Fenix Apparel & Accessories, a custom apparel and accessories company headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand. Fenix, which has been expanding since its founding in 2008, specializing in private label polos, pullovers, and hoodies. Smith is also the co-founder of FLYT Golf, a Kansas City-based company specializing in golf training aids. His original invention, the FLYT Chipping Sleeve, helps golfers improve their chipping and pitching technique by reducing excessive hand and arm movement, promoting proper body rotation.

Smith holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications Management from UAB (2008) and an Associate of Arts from Indian Hills (2006). He resides with his wife Whitney and their two children, Bronson and Kennedy.