Carl Smith (American football)

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Carl Smith
Carl Smith at the Seahawks Super Bowl parade in 2014.jpg
Smith at Seahawks' Super Bowl XLVIII parade in 2014
Personal information
Born: (1948-04-26) April 26, 1948 (age 76)
Wasco, California, U.S.
Career information
High school: Wasco (CA) Union
College: Cal Poly
Career history
As a coach:
Career highlights and awards
Coaching stats at PFR

Carl Hamilton Smith (born April 26, 1948) is an American football coach who was the associate head coach for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He had previously served as quarterbacks coach of the Cleveland Browns and offensive coordinator for the NFL's Jacksonville Jaguars and New Orleans Saints.

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Smith attended Wasco Union High School in Wasco, California.

College career

Smith started his college playing career at Bakersfield College, a junior college in Bakersfield, California, where he played quarterback from 1966 to 1967. He transferred to Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, where he played two seasons at defensive back from 1969 to 1970. Smith earned his bachelor's (1971) and master's (1972) degrees in physical education from Cal Poly, as well as a teaching credential.

Coaching career

From 1997 to 1999, Smith was an assistant coach for the New England Patriots, at the time led by head coach Pete Carroll.

Smith was fired from the Jaguars on January 2, 2007. After taking two years off from football, he was hired on January 6, 2009, to be the quarterbacks coach at USC; he had held the position for the 2004 season, when the Trojans won a national championship and quarterback Matt Leinart won the Heisman Trophy. [1] However, after only two weeks on the job, he left USC to join the Cleveland Browns.

Smith was hired to be quarterbacks coach of the Seahawks, effective February 24, 2011. [2] He won his first Super Bowl title when the Seahawks defeated the Denver Broncos in Super Bowl XLVIII. [3]

On February 5, 2019, Smith was hired as the quarterbacks coach for the Houston Texans. [4] The Seahawks brought him back as the team's associate head coach on March 3, 2021. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ Gary Klein, Carl Smith returns as an assistant at USC, Los Angeles Times, January 7, 2009, Accessed January 7, 2009.
  2. ↑ Gary Klein, Trojans hire Broncos' Jeremy Bates for key post, Los Angeles Times, January 20, 2009, Accessed January 21, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Super Bowl XLVIII - Seattle Seahawks vs. Denver Broncos - February 2nd, 2014". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved February 20, 2023.
  4. ↑ Wilson, Aaron; Chronicle, Houston (February 5, 2019). "Texans name Tim Kelly OC, hire Carl Smith as QBs coach". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved February 6, 2019.
  5. ↑ Boyle, John (March 3, 2021). "Seahawks Hire Three Additional Coaches, Including Former DB DeShawn Shead & Longtime Assistant Carl Smith". Seahawks.com. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
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