University of North Alabama Athletics

Don Smith, a  native of Huntsville, Ala., was a four-year letterman for the Lions from 1979-82 and was a three-year starter on the offensive line.   He was selected NCAA Division II All-American as a senior in 1982, earning first-team Kodak All-American and second-team Associated Press All-American. He was also selected All-Gulf South Conference. 

He was later selected for the Gulf South Conference Football Team of the Quarter Century (1971-95), the Gulf South Conference Team of the Decade for the 1980s , the "First Forty Years" All-Time UNA Football Team and the UNA 50th Anniversary Football Team.  Smith played all three offensive line positions during his career and was also the long-snapper.

He started and was a key force on UNA's first Gulf South Conference football championship team in 1980 that went 10-2. That team also became the Lions' first football team to advance to the NCAA playoffs.   Smith played on UNA teams with a combined 31-12 record. He Graduated from UNA in 1983.