Virginia Smith, of Yarmouth, has been volunteer coach of Yarmouth Y Whitecaps swim team for 30 years (1971-2001). She is respected by her peers for her willingness to share her expertise with both the provincial and national levels of her sport. She has been an instructor at three national swim coaches conferences, developed the Nova Scotia Swim Coaches Association, is twice head coach of the Nova Scotia Canada Games swim team (1985 and 2001), and was assistant coach three times (1989, 1993, 1997). She was runner-up as 3M National Development Coach of the Year in 1998. Many of her swimmers have become outstanding performers at the university level, some going on to national, and international prominence. She has developed many documents on females and swimming which are used at the national level to this day. She is an inductee of the Yarmouth Town and County Sports Heritage Association.