Joshua Smith is entering his second season as the ENMU Head Women's Soccer Coach for the 2019 season. In his first season with the Greyhounds in 2018, Smith led the Hounds to one of their most successful seasons in program history as the team went 9-9-2 (5-6-1 Lone Star Conference) and advanced to the first LSC Championship game in the program's 16-year history. Under Smith's tutelage, the squad allowed the third-fewest goals per game (1.15) in the LSC and set a program-record for fewest shots per game allowed in a season (11.4) while the nine wins marked the second-most wins in a single season in the program's history.  Coming off the program's first LSC Tournament in 2017, the Hounds advanced even further under Smith's guidance. In the LSC Quarterfinal match at Texas A&M-Commerce, Eastern came away with a 2-0 win off a pair of goals from sophomore forward Keyara Zuniga to advance to the LSC Semifinal at top-seeded and nationally 19th-ranked West Texas A&M. In that match, the Hounds forced a scoreless draw at the end of regulation, but in the 93rd minute of overtime, Anahi Hernandez found an open Julia Tucker in the middle of the goal box and she scored the golden goal to send the Greyhounds to their first ever Lone Star Conference Championship match. In his first season, Smith had five players earn All-LSC accolades, including Samantha Fabela (First Team), Bailey Bosley (Second Team, LSC Newcomer of the Year), Hayden Zuniga (Second Team), Keyara Zuniga (Honorable Mention), and Caitlyn Schmidt (All-Academic Team). For the first time in program history, Smith also had three players make the LSC All-Tournament Team with Keyara Zuniga, Hayden Zuniga, and Julie Tucker making the list. Previously, Smith spent two seasons at the University of the Southwest in Hobbs, N.M before coming to Portales. Smith amassed a 16-15-2 record in two seasons of leading the Mustangs. In the fall of 2017, he led the women's team a stellar 13-4 record, which was the second-best record in program history. His squad was 8-3 in conference play which was the best mark in school history. For the season his team outscored opponents a combined 69-4 and finished the year just four points shy of a conference championship. A big part of Smith's success in 2017 came from his recruiting class, where he signed 34 athletes to rebuild Southwest's program. The recruiting paid off on the field and off as well. His team finished the year with a cumulative GPA of 3.21. Prior to the University of the Southwest, Smith was at Northern Oklahoma College-Tonkawa. Smith went 36-5-2 during his two seasons and won a pair of Region 2 Tournament championships. The season prior to his arrival the team had won eight games the season before. After leading the team to a 19-3-1 record and a No. 15 ranking in the NJCAA in his first season, Smith guided the Mavericks to a 17-2-1 record in 2015, a No. 8 ranking in the NJCAA Division II polls and an Oklahoma Collegiate Athletic Conference regular-season championship along with the Region 2 Tournament championship. Smith was also named the OCAC/Region 2 Coach of the Year in 2015. During Smith's time at NOC-Tonkawa, he had three players named to the NJCAA All-American Team, six players named First Team All-Region 2, seven players named First Team All-OCAC and four players earn NJCAA Player of the Week honors. Smith's team also showed great improvement in the classroom as NOC-Tonkawa's grade point average went from 2.50 the year before Smith arrived to a 3.35 GPA in his last season. His teams were also active in fundraising, helping raise more than $30,000 for the program in less than two years. Before leading NOC-Tonkawa, Smith was the head girls' soccer coach at Crandall High School in Texas for two seasons. In his second season he improved the team from 11-10-2 to 17-5-2 and guided the 3A program to a third-place finish in a 4A district. He finished as runner-up district coach of the year both seasons and increased the participation in the program from 15 to 52 girls in two years making it possible to develop a junior varsity program. He also served as the school's head cross country coach for both the boys and girls. During his time at Crandall High, he also was the goalkeeper coach for Cedar Valley College for the 2013 season. Smith received his bachelor's degree in Communications from Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania, in 2009 and his master's degree in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Mississippi in 2011. Joshua is married to Jen Smith. They have a son named Hunter.