Smith retired from coaching after the 1997 season, his 8th as head coach at Caprock.
Funeral arrangements are pending.
University of Texas football coach Mack Brown paid a visit to the Panhandle last night. The Horns' head coach was the guest speaker at the Amarillo chapter of Texas Exes. In three years, Brown has returned the Horns to national prominence with 27 wins. Texas is one of just nine schools national that currently are riding back to back to back nine wins season. But as Brown knows, UT fans want more.