Sean Smith

Biography

Sean Smith was named the 9th Head Coach of the CBU Cross-Country and Track program in July of 2024. During the 2025 cross-country season, Coach Smith helped the lead the men's team to a national ranking as high as 15th. Coach Smith and the Lancers would sweep the WAC Championships bringing home trophies for both the men's and women's programs. For the men its was the sixth consecutive title and for the women it was their fifth overall since joining the conference in 2018. Coach Smith was named the WAC Men's and Women's Coach of the Year and the team would have 17 all-conference finishers. At West Regionals, Coach Smith would help guide the men to its first top-2 finish in program history, earning them an automatic bid to Nationals while also having four all-region placers. On the women's side they would place 6th for their best finish since 2023 with Ava Dyck and Mahaut Cooren earning All-Region finishes. At Nationals, the men would place 25th marking the team's third consecutive top-25 finish on the national stage. In Smith's first season with the Lancers, he helped guide the men's cross-country team to its second Nationals berth in program history and its highest finish ever at Nationals with a 13th place finish. CBU also earned its first-ever male Cross-Country All-Americans under Smith with Valentin Soca and Zouhair Redouane placing 26th and 33rd, respectively. The men also won the Western Athletic Conference trophy for the fifth consecutive season in 2024 and placed 4th