Early Career
Schmittou was a teacher in the Nashville public school system from 1961 to 1968. During that time he coached high school basketball and football. He also worked for several years as a territorial scout for the Cleveland Indians Major League Baseball team.
In 1968, he became the head baseball coach and head football recruiter at Vanderbilt University in Nashville. Through 1978, he led his teams to over 300 wins, including four consecutive Eastern Division Championships and the overall SEC baseball championships in 1973 and 1974; both years he was named SEC Coach of the Year.
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