USL Highlights Bermudian Khano Smith
USL recently highlighted Bermudian Khano Smith in an article titled “Journey, not destination, fueling Khano Smith’s coaching aspirations.”
The USL website said, “In recent years, the USL Championship has become an incubator for young coaches to achieve their goals.
“The past two Coach of the Year award-winners – the Tampa Bay Rowdies’ Neill Collins in 2021 and current Charleston Battery Head Coach Ben Pirmann in 2022 – were both under the age of 40.
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“Going into the 2023 season, more than half the league’s coaches will fit that description. Among them are new appointments Stephen Hogan [37] at Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC, Brian Clarhaut [36] at El Paso Locomotive FC, Nate Miller [36] at San Diego Loyal SC, Isidro Sanchez [35] at Las Vegas Lights FC, and Blair Gavin at FC Tulsa [34].
“Current Birmingham Legion FC assistant coach Khano Smith doesn’t, not quite.
“The 41-year-old former Bermuda international has interviewed for head coaching roles in the USL Championship. He hasn’t yet received his opportunity to take the next step in his coaching career.
“While that might be the case, the focus for Smith is trained on the journey, not the destination.
“I think you just have to go into it with the mindset that it’s a journey,” Smith said recently. “Obviously, as human beings we have to remind ourselves not always to focus on the destination. It’s just never going to be smooth sailing, there’s always going to be bumps in the road, and you just have to remember the reasons why you’re in it and why you do it, because I’m passionate about the game, passionate about helping people get better and passionate about getting better myself.”
You can read the full story here on USL.
