Rick Smith has enjoyed 22 successful seasons at Bridgewater State, which has included ten trips to the NCAA regional championships and two trips to the NCAA Division III College World Series in 1996 and 1997. His overall record of 519-314-5 (.622) during that period makes him the winningest coach in BSU athletics history.  In 2014, Coach Smith became the first head coach in program history to reach the 500-win milestone (a 2-1 win over Penn State Beaver on March 10th in Vero Beach). Rick came to Bridgewater State in 1991 as an assistant to then head coach Glenn Tufts and was on the Bears’ coaching staff for two NCAA Tournament teams (1991, 1992) before taking over the reins in 1994.  In 1996 and again in 2000, Rick was named the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA) New England Division III "Coach of the Year".  He was also selected the MASCAC "Coach of the Year" in 1998 and again in 2000 and 2012. Bridgewater has won or shared the MASCAC regular season title ten times during his head coaching tenure.  His teams have also won at least 20 games in 17 of his 22 seasons at the helm, with two 30-win campaigns in 1996 (31-10) and 2000 (30-9).  A star pitcher for Bridgewater-Raynham High School, Rick was selected in the fifth round of the 1973 Major League Baseball Draft by the St. Louis Cardinals. He presently resides in Raynham, Massachusetts with Leah Prata and his two daughters, Ariana and Sydney.