Reggie Smith enjoyed a 17-year career in major league baseball, during which time he was selected to seven all-star teams, won a Gold Glove and was a member of the World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers in 1981.

Smith was an ambidextrous, all-state high school baseball and football player from Los Angeles, California, who made his major league debut with the Boston Red Sox in 1966 and subsequently played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1974-76) and Los Angeles Dodgers (1976-1981), before ending his career in 1982 with the San Francisco Giants.

After his retirement as a player, Smith served as a coach and front office executive.  He has been with USA Baseball since 1999, during which time he has been hitting coach for American teams at the Pan American and Olympic Games (winning a gold medal in the 2000 Sydney Olympics), 2006 Olympic qualifying tournament in Cuba (gold medal), 2007 IBAF Baseball World Cup in Taiwan (gold medal) and the 2004 and 2009 World Baseball Classics.

He owns and operates the Reggie Smith Baseball Centers in Los Angeles and the Lakeland Baseball Academy in Florida.