Larry Smoot, brother of Southeastern head volleyball coach Jim Smoot, is the Lady Lions' volunteer assistant coach.
The Lady Lions have earned double-digit wins in each of his two seasons on the staff and, in 2014, made a return to the Southland Conference Tournament. With an 8-8 Southland mark, the squad earned the most conference victories for the program in the last 12 years.
Mikayla Shippy and Morgan Todd, who both continue to make their marks on Southeastern's record book, earned conference honors in 2014. Todd was named All-Southland (second team) and Shippy was named to the Southland's All-Academic squad.
An assistant coach for 20 seasons at Loyola Marymount, Smoot helped LMU to 11 postseason appearances and three West Coast Conference Championships.
Smoot began his coaching career at Torrance High School with the boys' volleyball program in 1980. He added the girls' team to his coaching duties in 1984 and led them to national rankings in 1986 (No. 12) and 1987 (No. 10). His girls' program captured the Bay League Championship from 1985 through 1987.
Smoot has served as the Head Coach and Owner of the South Bay Girls' Volleyball Club and as Head Coach for the Torrance Volleyball Club (boys). His South Bay 18-and-under club team has advanced to the Kaepa Festival Tournament Final Four in four of the last 10 years and won the championship in 1993. During the summer of 2006, Smoot coached the South Bay 18-1s to a bronze medal at the American Division Junior National Championships in Atlanta, Ga.
He previously led the Torrance club to a second place finish at the USVB Junior Olympics in 1983. Smoot was honored in 1996 with the Distinguished Service Award for Junior Volleyball by the Kaepa Volleyball Festival.
A 1978 graduate of Torrance High School, Smoot was an All-Conference volleyball player at El Camino Junior College before playing one season at Long Beach State in 1982. Smoot still competes in men's and co-ed division tournaments. He is a former USVBA All-American in the co-ed division and has won the USVBA co-ed division open championships as a player-coach in 1987 and 1990.
