Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Saint Vincent |
Conference | PAC |
Record | 18–26 |
Biographical details | |
Born | Allison Park, Pennsylvania, U.S. | August 24, 1988
Playing career | |
2007–2009 | Robert Morris |
2010–2011 | Saint Vincent |
2013–2014 | Erie Explosion |
Position(s) | Quarterback |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2012 | Peters Township HS (PA) (QB) |
2013–2015 | Saint Vincent (QB) |
2016 | Chartiers Valley HS (PA) (QB) |
2017–2018 | Greensburg Central Catholic HS (PA) |
2019–present | Saint Vincent |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 18–26 (college) 10–10 (high school) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
Aaron Smetanka (born August 24, 1988) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for Saint Vincent College; a position he has held since 2019. [1] [2] [3] He was the head football coach for Greensburg Central Catholic High School from 2017 to 2018. [4] [5] He also coached for Peters Township High School and Chartiers Valley High School. [6] He played college football for Robert Morris and Saint Vincent before playing professionally for the Erie Explosion of the Continental Indoor Football League (CIFL) as a quarterback. [7] [8] [9]
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Saint Vincent Bearcats (Presidents' Athletic Conference)(2019–present) | |||||||||
2019 | Saint Vincent | 3–7 | 3–6 | T–7th | |||||
2020–21 | Saint Vincent | 2–2 | 2–2 | T–3rd | |||||
2021 | Saint Vincent | 5–5 | 4–5 | T–6th | |||||
2022 | Saint Vincent | 5–5 | 5–3 | T–4th | |||||
2023 | Saint Vincent | 3–7 | 3–7 | T–7th | |||||
2024 | Saint Vincent | 0–0 | 0–0 | ||||||
Saint Vincent: | 18–26 | 17–23 | |||||||
Total: | 18–26 |
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Greensburg Central Catholic Centurions ()(2017–2018) | |||||||||
2017 | Greensburg Central Catholic | 3–7 | 2–5 | 6th | |||||
2018 | Greensburg Central Catholic | 7–3 | 3–3 | 4th | |||||
Greensburg Central Catholic: | 10–10 | 5–8 | |||||||
Total: | 10–10 |
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