Legendary Hockey Coach Charles “Lefty” Smith dies

BY Notre Dame Magazine

Published: Jan. 6, 2012 Posted In: Campus & Community Bookmark and Share

Charles 'Lefty' Smith

Charles W. “Lefty” Smith Jr., the patriarch of University of Notre Dame ice hockey after bringing the Irish program into the modern era beginning in 1968-69 and spending 19 seasons as Irish head coach, died Jan. 3 of natural causes in his South Bend, Ind., home. He was 81.

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