Scott Highsmith

Scott Highsmith

Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–2000	Kentucky (WR/RB)
2001–2002	Belhaven (OC/QB)
2003–2005	Belhaven
2006	Southeastern Louisiana (OC/QB)
2011–2012	McMurry (RB/RC)
2013–2014	Southeastern Oklahoma State (QB/RC)
2015–2016	East Texas Baptist (PCG/WR)
2017	East Texas Baptist (HC/OC)
Head coaching record
Overall	20–23

Scott Highsmith is an American college football coach. He was the head football coach at East Texas Baptist University for the 2017 season. Highsmith was the third head football coach at Belhaven College in Jackson, Mississippi and he held that position for three seasons, from 2003^[1] until 2005.^[2] His record at Belhaven was 13–20.^[3] He resigned in 2005 to take an assistant coaching position at Southeastern Louisiana University under his previous mentor Dennis Roland.^[4]

Highsmith had spent 27 years in coaching^[5] as an assistant coach for various colleges and universities before taking the head coach position at Belhaven.^[6] He earned a bachelor of science from Howard Payne University and a MS degree from East Texas State University.^[7]

Head coaching record

Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
Belhaven Blazers (Mid-South Conference) (2003–2005)
2003	Belhaven	4–7	2–7	T–8th
2004	Belhaven	4–7	3–7	T–9th
2005	Belhaven	5–6	4–4 / 3–2 (West)	T–2nd (West)
Belhaven:		13–20	9–18
East Texas Baptist Tigers (American Southwest Conference) (2017–present)
2017	East Texas Baptist	7–3	6–3	T–3rd
East Texas Baptist:		7–3	6–3
Total:		20–23

References

1. New York Times "Transactions" April 24, 2001
2. NCAA News^{[permanent dead link‍]}
3. Belhaven College coaching records Archived 2008-07-07 at the Wayback Machine
4. Columbia Daily Herald
5. Clarion Ledger Archived 2012-07-15 at archive.today "Highsmith knows pass is Blazers' best option" Henry Goolsby, August 24, 2003
6. Clarion Ledger Archived 2012-07-15 at archive.today "Belhaven season outlook" Henry Goolsby, August 24, 2003
7. HISD Athletics Scott Highsmith

External links

• East Texas Baptist profile