Peter Smith was announced as the newest women's soccer assistant in December of 2025, joining head coach Derek Nichols for his second season at the helm.
Smith has an extensive coaching experience, and perhaps even more valuable, a prior relationship with Nichols and the Arkansas soccer scene from his playing and early coaching days. He played at Lyon College, where he was apart of the inaugural men's soccer team for the Scots. It was there that he met Nichols, who was an assistant at Lyon from 2002-04.
Always around the youth soccer scene in Arkansas, Smith has been coaching pretty much since the end of his college career. His stops include Little Rock Rising, Arkansas Rush, Little Rock Rangers and Searcy Rangers. Smith also spent time coaching for the David Beckham Academy in Los Angeles, Lyon College and Central Baptist College.
