 Smith finished at VCU with a record of 136–127 (.517), and an overall head coaching record of 339–304 (.527).After retiring from coaching, Smith joined his friend and former Alabama coach Wimp Sanderson on a sports talk radio show "The Sonny and Wimp Show" on WJOX-AM in Birmingham, Alabama.The show ran for more than six years before it was canceled in 2006.