Obituary: Frank Smith taught football and life lessons in his 21 seasons guiding UBC

Frank Smith quotes still resonate with Jerry Dobrovolny more than 40 years after the fact. Article content

Dobrovolny is the commissioner and chief administrative officer for Metro Vancouver. He’s a former chief engineer and general manager of engineering services for the City of Vancouver and former New Westminster city councillor. Article content Article content

He was also an offensive tackle for University of B.C. teams coached by Smith from 1979 to ’82, highlighted by helping the T-Birds capture the Vanier Cup national championship in his final season as part of a 12-0 campaign for UBC against Canadian opponents. He went on to play four years in the CFL.

Smith used to tell Dobrovolny and others then that “nothing stays the same, that even mountains are getting a little bit tall