Mike Smith (American football coach)
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Smith in 2013
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| Tampa Bay Buccaneers | |
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| Position: | Defensive coordinator |
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| Date of birth: | June 13, 1959 |
| Place of birth: | Chicago, Illinois |
| Career information | |
| High school: | Daytona Beach (FL) Father Lopez |
| College: | East Tennessee State |
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| Head coaching record | |
| Regular season: | 66–46 (.589) |
| Postseason: | 1–4 (.200) |
| Career: | 67–50 (.573) |
| Coaching stats at PFR | |
Mike Smith (born June 13, 1959) is an American football coach who is the defensive coordinator for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He is the former head coach of the NFL's Atlanta Falcons, a position he held from 2008 to 2014. He previously served as the defensive coordinator for the Jacksonville Jaguars between 2003 and 2007. During his tenure as the head coach of the Falcons, Smith became the franchise's winningest coach by number of wins in addition to being the recipient of the 2008 NFL Coach of the Year Award by the Associated Press and was also voted NFL Coach of the Year Award by the Sporting News three different times 2008, 2010 and 2012
Raised in Daytona Beach, Florida, Smith played linebacker at Father Lopez Catholic High School, earning all-state honors. He played collegiately for East Tennessee State University between 1977 and 1981, and was chosen as defensive MVP twice. He briefly played professionally for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League, for the 1982 season, before retiring as a player.
Smith decided to take up coaching after his playing days were over, starting in various assistant capacities with several Division I colleges before moving on to the NFL: San Diego State (1982–1985), Morehead State (1986) and Tennessee Tech (1987–1998). His first NFL job was as defensive assistant/defensive line coach for the Baltimore Ravens in 1999 under defensive line coach Rex Ryan for three seasons. In 2002, he was promoted to linebackers' coach for head coach Brian Billick, tutoring such future standouts as Ray Lewis, Peter Boulware, Jamie Sharper and Adalius Thomas, and in that capacity helped the 2000 Ravens win Super Bowl XXXV. On January 21, 2003 he was again promoted, moving on to be defensive coordinator of the Jacksonville Jaguars for incoming head coach Jack Del Rio.
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