Marty Smith

Some Lesser Known Facts About Marty Smith

• While studying in school, he was a member of the school’s 1993 state-champion football team.

  

• While studying at Radford University, he tried out for the Highlanders baseball team but was not selected.

• Later, he joined The Roanoke Times and New River All-American Speedway and reported high school sports news.

• Thereafter, The Washington Post assigned him to work as the beat writer for Virginia Tech Football.

• Later, he joined The News & Advance in Virginia and started covering basketball news as a reporter.

• In 1999, he started working as a senior writer at NASCAR (National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing).

• In 2006, he started working at ESPN as their NASCAR reporter. Later, he appeared on sports shows such as NASCAR Countdown and NASCAR Now.

• In 2017, he appeared as a host on the sports show SportsCenter Presents: Marty Smith’s America. He got the opportunity to interview athletes such as Tim Tebow, Christiano Ronaldo, and Cam Newton.

• Thereafter, he started hosting a podcast show known as Marty Smith’s America podcast.

• Some of the books that he published are Never Settle: Sports, Family, and the American Soul (2019) and Sideline CEO: Leadership Principles from Championship (2023).
  

• He is an avid lover of dogs.

  

• He drinks alcohol occasionally.

  

• He knows horse riding.

  

• He maintains his fitness by working out at the gym and cycling.