Gene Smith (2025) - Hall of Fame - Iowa State Athletics

Gene Smith

Gene Smith

Athletics Director
Cleveland, Ohio

Iowa State Athletics Director (1993-2000)
Facilitated massive facility improvement, including the Jacobson Athletics Building (1996)
Advocated for the renaming of the football stadium to Jack Trice Stadium (1997)
Implemented the Iowa State Athletics Hall of Fame (1997)
Cyclone teams won conference titles in six different sports and one NCAA title (1994 men’s cross country)
Hired Dan McCarney, Tim Floyd, Larry Eustachy and Bill Fennelly
In his final season as AD, ISU claimed five Big 12 titles in the month of March (2000)
Two-time Sports Business Journal A.D. of the Year (2010, 2016)
Inducted into the Ohio State Athletics Hall of Fame (2024)