{{short description|American college baseball coach (born 1966)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2025}} {{Infobox college coach | name = Brian Smiley | image = | alt = | caption = | current_title = Head Coach | current_team = Miami University | current_conference = MAC | current_record = 100–67 | contract = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1984|10|30}} | birth_place = Evansville, Indiana, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = Arkansas-Little Rock | coach_years1 = 2008–2011 | coach_team1 = Indiana State (asst.) | coach_years2 = 2012 | coach_team2 = Iowa (asst.) | coach_years3 = 2013–2023 | coach_team3 = Indiana State (asst.) | coach_years4 = 2024–present | coach_team4 = Miami (OH) | overall_record = 100–67 | tournament_record = | championships = MAC tournament (2025)<br>MAC regular season (2026) | awards = MAC Baseball Coach of the Year (2025, 2026) | coaching_records = }}
'''Brian Smiley''' (born October 30, 1984) is an American baseball coach and former player, who is the current head coach of the Miami Redhawks. He played college baseball at Arkansas-Little Rock from 2006 to 2007, before entering the collegiate coaching profession at Indiana State. Smiley was then named the head coach at Miami University in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gosycamores.com/news/2013/8/6/208960560.aspx|title=Brian Smiley Returns To Indiana State As Assistant Baseball Coach|date=August 6, 2013|website=Indiana State University Athletics}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://miamiredhawks.com/sports/baseball/roster/coaches/brian-smiley/1137|title=Brian Smiley - Baseball Coach|website=Miami University RedHawks}}</ref>
==Playing career== Over his four years as a student-athlete in collegiate baseball, Smiley played one season each at Triton College and Lincoln Trail College College before transferring to play two seasons (2006–2007) at Arkansas-Little Rock, batting .284 for his career as a utily player.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thebaseballcube.com/content/player/125792/|title=Brian Smiley - College Baseball Statistics - The Baseball Cube|website=www.thebaseballcube.com}}</ref>
==Indiana State==
Joining the Sycamores after finishing his playing career, Smiley helped guide the Sycamores to five NCAA postseason berths during his time in Terre Haute, including a trip to the Super Regionals in 2023, the first in program history. Indiana State was 442-292 during Smiley's time, never recording a losing season and posting nearly 50 victories over Power-5 programs.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=https://miamiredhawks.com/sports/baseball|title=Baseball|website=Miami University RedHawks}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/baseball/d1/2023|title=2023 Division I Baseball Official Bracket | NCAA.com|website=www.ncaa.com}}</ref>
When Indiana State head coach Rick Heller took the Iowa job in 2013, Smiley followed to Iowa City, but returned to Indiana State the following year as the top assistant to new head coach Mitch Hannahs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://hawkeyesports.com/news/2014/01/13/back-in-the-game|title=Back in the Game|website=Iowa Hawkeyes Athletics - Official Athletics Website}}</ref>
==Miami University== Named as Head Coach in June 2023, Smiley led the Redhawks to a 27-27 (.500) record in his first season (2024), but would take Miami to the NCAA regionals in the 2025 season, finishing the season with a 35-23 (.603) overall record, winning the MAC regular season and tournament championship, with a 23-7 (.767) conference record.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://miamiredhawks.com/news/2023/6/10/smiley-tabbed-miami-baseball-head-coach|title=Smiley Tabbed Miami Baseball Head Coach|website=Miami University RedHawks}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.miamistudent.net/article/2026/03/69a9ec14283a5?ct=content_open&cv=cbox_featured|title=RedHawk baseball aims to raise the ceiling following NCAA Tournament appearance last season|website=RedHawk baseball aims to raise the ceiling following NCAA Tournament appearance last season - The Miami Student}}</ref><ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ncaa.com/brackets/baseball/d1/2025|title=2025 Division I Baseball Official Bracket | NCAA.com|website=www.ncaa.com}}</ref>
==Head coaching record== {{CBB yearly record start | type = coach | conference = | postseason = }} {{CBB Yearly Record Subhead | name = Miami RedHawks | conference= Mid-American Conference | startyear = 2024 | endyear = }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = | season = 2024 | name = Miami (OH) | overall = 27–27 | conference = 17–13 | confstanding = T–4th | postseason = MAC tournament }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = confboth | season = 2025 | name = Miami (OH) | overall = 35–23 | conference = 23–7 | confstanding = T–1st | postseason = NCAA Regional }} {{CBB yearly record entry | championship = conference | season = 2026 | name = Miami (OH) | overall = 38–17 | conference = 25–8 | confstanding = 1st | postseason = MAC tournament }} {{CBB yearly record subtotal | name = Wright State | overall = {{Winning percentage|100|67|record=y}} | confrecord = {{Winning percentage|65|28|record=y}} }} {{CBB yearly record end | overall = {{Winning percentage|100|67|record=y}} }}
==Personal life== Smiley graduated with a bachelor's degree in exercise science from Arkansas-Little Rock.
==See also== * List of current NCAA Division I baseball coaches
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Mid-American Conference baseball coach navbox}} {{Miami RedHawks baseball coach navbox}} {{Mid-American Conference Baseball Coach of the Year navbox}}
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