Al Smith is a former All-Pro National Football League player, executive, author, and speaker with over 25 years of leadership experience in sports, business, broadcasting, and community service. Smith credits his mother for instilling in him the discipline, structure, and values to help him succeed. He continues to pass those and other lessons along to help people achieve their own goals.

 

Smith formerly served as a member of executive leadership with the Tennessee Titans, President of the NFL Alumni Association President, and former Director of Player Development at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee.

 

Currently, Al serves on the Board of Directors for the NFL Alumni Association, the American Cancer Society, and Ambassador to the NFL’s Fuel Up to Play 60 initiative. Smith works closely with multiple organizations such as Big Brothers Big Sisters, Bridges Domestic Violence Center, and the Ronald McDonald House, to name a few.

 

A standout collegiate defensive Player-of-the-Year award winner and team leader, Smith was inducted into the Utah State Athletic Hall of Fame and selected for the State of Utah’s AllCentury Team. In 1987, he was drafted by the Houston Oilers. The Oilers finished 9-6 that season and were second in their division. Al’s NFL career highlights includes multiple Pro Bowl selections and First Team All-Pro Honors.

 

Today, Al serves as Vice-Chair on the National Board of Directors for the NFL Alumni Association, Compliance Officer for the National Football League, and continues to work as Sports Analyst for WNSR Sports Radio.

 

Passionate about personal growth, development, and leadership, Smith pens in his new book, Think Like a Pro - Act Like a Pro: Game-winning Strategies to Achieve Results, Discipline and Success in Life and Business, 17 lessons on what it takes to go from an amateur to pro in all aspects of life. The book inspires its readers to assume an all-in, all-pro mindset, embracing the attitude and character it takes to both Think Like A Pro and Act Like A Pro!

 

Smith is a widely sought after speaker and has been invited to speak on topics such as teamwork, discipline, courage, servitude, and leadership by organizations such as Transamerica Corporation, Maximized Living, American Cancer Society, Utah State University, and Vanderbilt University among others.

 

Smith holds a Masters of Education from Tennessee State University, Bachelor of Science from Utah State University and has attended Executive Leadership Training from Georgia Tech Scheller Business School, Kellogg School of Business- Northwestern University and Stanford Graduate School of Business. Smith currently resides in Nashville, TN with wife, Katrina. They are the parents of two daughters, Courtney and Coryn, and a son, Christian.