Scott Highsmith
Scott Highsmith is an American football coach. He is the head football coach at East Texas Baptist University, a position he has held since the 2017 season. Highsmithwas the third head football coach at Belhaven College in Jackson, Mississippi and he held that position for three seasons, from 2003[1] until 2005.[2] His record at Belhaven was 13–20.[3] He resigned in 2005 to take an assistant coaching position at Southeastern Louisiana University under his previous mentor Dennis Roland.[4]
Current position | |
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Title | Head coach, offensive coordinator |
Team | East Texas Baptist |
Conference | ASC |
Record | 7–3 |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1999–2000 | Kentucky (WR/RB) |
2001–2002 | Belhaven (OC/QB) |
2003–2005 | Belhaven |
2006 | Southeastern Louisiana (OC/QB) |
2011–2012 | McMurry (RB/RC) |
2013–2014 | Southeastern Oklahoma State (QB/RC) |
2015–2016 | East Texas Baptist (PCG/WR) |
2003–2005 | East Texas Baptist (HC/OC) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 20–23 |
Highsmith had spent 27 years in coaching[5] as an assistant coach for various colleges and universities before taking the head coach position at Belhaven.[6] He earned a bachelor of science from Howard Payne University and a MS degree from East Texas State University.[7]
Head coaching record
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Belhaven Blazers (Mid-South Conference) (2003–2005) | |||||||||
2003 | Belhaven | 4–7 | 2–7 | T–8th | |||||
2004 | Belhaven | 4–7 | 3–7 | T–9th | |||||
2005 | Belhaven | 5–6 | 4–4 / 3–2 (West) | T–2nd (West) | |||||
Belhaven: | 13–20 | 9–18 | |||||||
East Texas Baptist Tigers (American Southwest Conference) (2017–present) | |||||||||
2017 | East Texas Baptist | 7–3 | 6–3 | T–3rd | |||||
East Texas Baptist: | 7–3 | 6–3 | |||||||
Total: | 20–23 |
References
- New York Times "Transactions" April 24, 2001
- NCAA News
- Belhaven College coaching records Archived 2008-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
- Columbia Daily Herald
- Clarion Ledger Archived 2012-07-15 at Archive.today "Highsmith knows pass is Blazers' best option" Henry Goolsby, August 24, 2003
- Clarion Ledger Archived 2012-07-15 at Archive.today "Belhaven season outlook" Henry Goolsby, August 24, 2003
- HISD Athletics Scott Highsmith