Rhode Island FC recently announced the club had appointed Khano Smith as its first Head Coach and General Manager in club history.
Smith is a veteran coach, holding both USSF and UEFA Pro Licenses, as he prepares to lead the 2024 USL Championship expansion club into its inaugural season next spring.
Smith will join www.islandstats.com for a Walk Down Memory Lane this evening at 7:30 pm.
Smith began playing for the Dandy Town Hornets, Smith played college soccer at Champlain College and Lees-McRae College, and in the USL Premier Development League for Carolina Dynamo. He moved to Major League Soccer and signed with New England Revolution in April 2005.
Smith was named assistant coach for Orlando Pride in the National Women's Soccer League in December 2015. On December 18th, 2018, Smith joined the technical staff of expansion club Birmingham Legion FC ahead of their first season in the USL Championship.
