"Clipper" Smith is a nickname shared by two American football coaches who both played at the University of Notre Dame:
- John "Clipper" Smith (1904–1973), coach at Duquesne and North Carolina State; member of the College Football Hall of Fame
- Maurice J. "Clipper" Smith (1898–1984), coach at Gonzaga, Santa Clara, Villanova, San Francisco, and Lafayette and for the Boston Yanks of the NFL