Smith coached the
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team as head coach of the junior varsity team in 1977, then joined the staff at
East Tennessee State University for the 1978 season before becoming a high school head coach. He then returned to Georgia Tech as linebackers coach in 1982 and as secondary and punters coach in 1983–1985. In 1986, Smith was the defensive backs coach for the
University of Alabama and he held the same position at
Baylor University from 1987 through 1989. From 1990 through 1995, Smith was the defensive backs coach at the
University of Kentucky and became defensive coordinator there in 1996 under head coach
Bill Curry. From 1997 through 1998, he was the defensive coordinator for
Tulane University, which went undefeated in 1998. Smith then became defensive coordinator at the
University of Cincinnati in 1999 and 2000, before returning to Kentucky as defensive backs coach in 2001. Smith then was the co-defensive coordinator at
Louisiana Tech University in 2002 and 2003. He spent one year as the defensive backs coach for the
Berlin Thunder of the
NFL Europe in 2004; the Thunder won the World Bowl that season. Smith became the defensive secondary coach for
East Carolina University in 2005 and followed head coach
Skip Holtz to the
University of South Florida in 2010. ==References==