Leonard Smoot

Leonard Smoot has been involved in golf for over 25 years and has competed at all levels of golf around the world, winning a number of awards.

As the Coach for the Miles College Golf Team, Smoot has led its ascension to the top of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. In 2015-16, Miles won its first league championship and participated in the 2016 NCAA Division II South Region Tournament. He has also led the Golden Bears to second place three times (2015, 2017, 2018,2022) and a third-place finish in 2019. Finally, in 2021 he led the Golden Bears to their first PGA Works Collegiate Championship and a runner-up finish in 2022.

Smoot has been named SIAC Golf Coach of the Year six times (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023).

He is currently a member of the PGA Works Collegiate Championship Advisory Council, is the chair of the SIAC Golf Coaches committee, a member of Division II Golf Coaches Connection committee, 2016 NAACP Men of Distinction recipient and President of the Black College Golf Coaches Association

Smoot is a retired Chief Warrant Officer with over 24 years in the United States Marine Corps became the third black golfer to ever make the Marine Golf Team and to compete in the All-Inter-Service Golf Championships.