Rod Smith
Rod Smith went 0–2 as a head coach, 2020–2024, at Illinois and Jacksonville State. Share
- Record
- 0–2 career
- Seasons
- 2
- Schools
- 2
- Final AP top 10
- 0 seasons
- Born
- Feb 22, 1973
- Alma mater
- Glenville State 1997
- Best season
- 2020 2–6
Season by season
| Season | School | Record | Conference finish | Bowl | AP final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Illinois interim, remainder of season | 0–1 | 7th (West) | |||
| 2021–23: not a college head coach | ||||||
| 2024 | Jacksonville State interim, bowl game | 0–1 | Cure Bowl L | |||
Each season links to the team’s season page; bowls and playoff games link to the game. Conference finishes from the Wikipedia article’s record table.
How his teams did
| Kind of game | Games | Record | Won |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conference games | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Bowls and playoffs | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| Decided by 8 points or fewer | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| On the road | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| At neutral sites | 1 | 0–1 | 0% |
| As our Elo’s underdog | 2 | 0–2 | 0% |
His own two games on file, 2020–2024, as played (vacated wins counted, ties as half a win). Ranks are the AP poll going into the game; rivals are the ones either program’s Wikipedia article names; favorite and underdog by our own Elo rating, which reads only scores.
Most-faced opponents
| Opponent | Games | Record |
|---|---|---|
| Ohioseries | 1 | 0–1 |
| Penn Stateseries | 1 | 0–1 |
Career
| Years | Team | Job | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Franklin HS (WV) high school | Offensive coordinator | |
| 1998–99 | Urbana | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2000 | West Virginia Tech | Offensive coordinator | |
| 2001 | Clemson | Graduate assistant | |
| 2001 | West Virginia | Graduate assistant | |
| 2001–04 | South Florida | Passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2005–06 | South Florida | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2007 | West Virginia | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2008–10 | Michigan | Quarterbacks coach | |
| 2011 | Indiana | Co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2012–17 | Arizona | Co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2018–20 | Illinois | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2020 | Illinois | Interim head coach | |
| 2021 | Virginia | Offensive assistant | |
| 2022–24 | Jacksonville State | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| 2024 | Jacksonville State | Interim head coach | |
| 2025–present | Marshall | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach |
Every job as the infobox of his Wikipedia article lists it (CC BY-SA), assistant jobs included.
Coaching tree
Worked under
- Mike SpringstonWest Virginia Tech
- Rich RodriguezWest Virginia, Michigan, Arizona, Jacksonville State
- Tommy BowdenClemson
- Jim LeavittSouth Florida
- Bill StewartWest Virginia
- Kevin WilsonIndiana
- Lovie SmithIllinois
- Bronco MendenhallVirginia
- Tony GibsonMarshall
Worked under (9)
| Head coach | Team | Years | His job | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Springston | West Virginia Tech | 2000 | Offensive coordinator | |
| Rich Rodriguez | West Virginia | 2001–07 | 2001: graduate assistant; 2007: quarterbacks coach | |
| Tommy Bowden | Clemson | 2001 | Graduate assistant | |
| Jim Leavitt | South Florida | 2001–06 | 2001–04: passing game coordinator and quarterbacks coach; 2005–06: offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Bill Stewart | West Virginia | 2007 | Quarterbacks coach | |
| Rich Rodriguez | Michigan | 2008–10 | Quarterbacks coach | |
| Kevin Wilson | Indiana | 2011 | Co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Rich Rodriguez | Arizona | 2012–17 | Co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Lovie Smith | Illinois | 2018–20 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Bronco Mendenhall | Virginia | 2021 | Offensive assistant | |
| Rich Rodriguez | Jacksonville State | 2022–24 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach | |
| Tony Gibson | Marshall | 2025–26 | Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach |
Coached under him (1)
| Coach | With him | |
|---|---|---|
| Luke Olson | Jacksonville State, 2024: defensive coordinator |
From coaches’ Wikipedia infoboxes (CC BY-SA) and each season’s article for its coordinators: an assistant’s seasons at a school count under its head coach in our records; jobs in the NFL and elsewhere, under the head coach whose own article lists the job that year. Names without a page here link to their Wikipedia articles.
Pay
| Year | School | Job | Contract pay | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Arizona | co-offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $28,333 | $340,000 USA Today | |
| 2016 | Arizona | co-offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $28,333 | $350,500 USA Today | |
| 2015 | Arizona | co-offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $27,500 | $340,500 USA Today | |
| 2014 | Arizona | co-offensive coordinatorbonuses up to $24,070 | $297,050 USA Today |
USA Today’s coaches salary database (2014–17, from public-records requests to the schools; Rachel Ehlers’ copy): the season’s contract pay, school pay plus outside money, before bonuses.
Pay of public employees in their public job only: head coaches, and assistants in the seasons our records name them a coordinator, at public universities.