Marcus Smith spent two seasons as the head coach of the Owens Community College softball program before the college announced the suspension of the program beginning in 2016-17.

During his time at Owens, Smith guided his teams to a combined 58-32 record overall, a 20-4 mark in conference play, two conference championships, one Region XII District I championship and an NJCAA Division II National Tournament finish in the spring of 2015.

In 2016, Owens finished 26-14 overall and 10-2 in OCCAC play, which allowed them to win the program's third straight conference championship. The team advanced to the Region XII District I loser's bracket semifinals before falling in eight innings to Kellogg. The team featured the OCCAC Pitcher of the Year Kailey Minarchick.

In addition to Minarchick's award, Smith captured his second straight OCCAC Coach of the Year award and four others alos earned All-OCCAC recognition - Cassidy Rolf, Ericca Herzog, Jacey Gray and Miranda Benschoter.

In the spring of 2015, Smith led the program to its third Region XII District I championship in program history, and the team went on to finish in the top 12 at the NJCAA Division II National Tournament. He guided the team to a 32-18 overall record and a 10-2 record in OCCAC play. In doing so, Owens won its second straight conference championship.

Smith guided an offense that scored 366 runs and stole 171 bases. In the Region XII District I tournament, Owens outscored the opposition 33-4 en route to three impressive wins. For the first time in program history, Owens notched double figures in runs in each game of the tournament. In fact, the 2015 team has three of only six double figure run scoring postseason games in program history.

Following the season, Smith was named the OCCAC Coach of the Year and Region XII District I Coach of the Year. He coached five All-OCCAC players, the OCCAC Player of the Year (Jacey Gray), the OCCAC Pitcher of the Year (Lesley Ducat) and two All-Region XII players (Gray, Ducat). Gray was also named an NJCAA D-II Third Team All-American.

Three sophomores signed with four-year schools following the season, including Ducat (Siena Heights University, NAIA), Brittany George (University of Toledo, NCAA D-I) and Aubrey Geis (Ohio Christian University, NAIA).

For the two seasons prior to Owens, Smith was the head softball coach at Pinewood Prepatory School in Summerville, S.C. While there, he led the team to a third place finish in the state tournament, the program's first regional title and was named the coach of the year in the region. While coaching at Pinewood, he was also the Assistant Director of Operations at Charleston Southern University.

In 2011, Smith coached Olympia (Fla.) High School to the most wins in school history with 16. From 2009-10, he coached at Central Florida Christian Academy. In 2009, the team was the district runner-up before capturing the district championship in 2010.

In 2007, Smith coached Northwest Christian Academy to a 33-5 record and a 2A Arizona state championship. In 2006, he was an assistant coach at the University of St. Thomas (Minn.), when the team was the NCAA Division III national runner-up. 

In 2008, Smith was a volunteer assistant coach at NCAA Division I University of California, Berkeley. 

Carrying a career record of 225-92-1 as a head coach prior to Owens, Smith was also the hitting coach/assistant coach for the Akron Racers pro team in the summer of 2008. Moreover, he coached 14, 16 and 18-year-old travel ball in Florida for three years. While there, the team went 115-45 and sent 80 percent of its players on to college scholarships.

Lastly, Smith also had a stint at Pillow Academy High School in Greenwood, Miss. in 2012. 

A 2004 graduate of University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point, Smith played fullback on the football team before joining the coaching staff at his alma mater. He graduated in 2005 with a B.A.

A native of Woodland, Calif., Smith graduated from Woodland High School, where he broke the school record for catches by a tight end with 27.

Smith and his wife, Kristen Butler, reside in Toledo. Butler was named the head coach of the University of Toledo softball program in the summer of 2014.