University of Vermont Athletics

The 2020-21 season marks Justin Smith's 17th year as a member of the athletic performance coaching staff at the University of Vermont.

Smith designs, implements and supervises the athletic performance programs for the women's hockey, men's and women's alpine and nordic skiing, men’s and women’s track & field programs at Vermont.  

Smith came to UVM after a stint as an assistant at Miami (Ohio) University. At Miami, he designed and implemented programs for field hockey, women's soccer, men's golf, women's tennis. Prior to arriving at Miami, Smith was the strength and conditioning coach for the Lakewood BlueClaws, an affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies, in the South Atlantic League. Smith also volunteered at the University of Northern Colorado and the University of Denver.

Smith is a 2000 graduate of Colorado State where he worked as a student athletic trainer with the football team and earned a master's degree in sport and exercise science from the University of Northern Colorado in 2003.

Smith is a Registered Strength & Conditioning Coach (RSCC*D) through the NSCA. He served as the Vermont State Director for the NSCA for 8 years, hosting a state clinic every June. He was also a presenter at the NSCA Training for Hockey Clinic in June 2017.

Smith, his wife Shelby and their daughter Parker live in Shelburne, Vt. During his free time, Smith enjoys skiing, mountain biking and training.