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Smith achieved 450 wins and led the Spartans to 10 state championships during his tenure from 1998 to 2024.

He was inducted into the Delaware Baseball Hall of Fame in 2018 and also served as the school's athletic director.

Saint Mark’s High baseball coach Matt Smith, 57, died Sept. 6 after a 4-year battle with cancer, the school announced.

“Smitty,” as he was known to many, guided the Spartans to 450 wins from 1998 through 2024, a number topped only by Larry Wheeler’s 507 victories among Delaware high school baseball coaches.

Saint Mark’s won 10 state championships under Smith from 1999 through 2016, including three straight from 2003-05, the only Delaware baseball team to accomplish that feat since the state tournament’s 1970 inception. Two other Saint Mark’s team

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