Doug Smith

Doug Smith

Doug Smith, joins the USC Upstate 2023 Men’s soccer staff as the goalkeepers coach for his third stint in Spartanburg after serving in the same position for the Converse Valkyries women’s soccer team and having a two-year run as an assistant coach at Spartanburg Methodist. He is currently on staff with Carolina FC as their goalkeeper coach. 

Smith played collegiate soccer for Limestone from 2006-2007 before serving in the Marine Corps for ten and a half years. While in the Marine Corps, Smith was an assistant coach at Freedom High School in Dumfries, Va. and St. Augustine Catholic School in San Diego, Calif. 

Upon retiring from the Marine Corps, Smith continued his collegiate career, playing at Palomar College in California. 

He and his wife Nikki have three sons, Weston, Jared, and Jack.