Ryan Smith is the Special Teams Coordinator at East Carolina, coaching since 2021. Staff history at 5 schools, the head coaches he worked under and the players he coached.
Updated Nov 9, 2026Sources: school staff directories, TransferPortl coaching tenures, CFBD
Staff History by Season
5 stints- 2025-2026
- 2025-2026
- 2024
- 2022
- 2021
Head Coaches He Worked Under
6- Blake HarrellEast Carolina, 2025-2026
- Willie SimmonsFlorida International, 2025-2026
- Jody WrightMurray State, 2024
- Pat FitzgeraldNorthwestern, 2022
- J.C. PriceVirginia Tech, 2021
- Justin FuenteVirginia Tech, 2021
Players He Coached
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Deandre ArnoldLB · Florida International · 2026
Percy Courtney Jr.LB · Florida International · 2026
Cam DavisLB · Florida International · 2026
Brayshawn LittlejohnLB · Florida International · 2026
Demitris MinceyLB · Florida International · 2026
Kani SmithLB · Florida International · 2026
Pickle StewartLB · Florida International · 2026
Orlando Syph-TimmonsLB · Florida International · 2026
Josiah TaylorLB · Florida International · 2026
Dylan CaleroLB · Florida International · 2025
Johnny Chaney Jr.LB · Florida International · 2025
Percy Courtney Jr.LB · Florida International · 2025
Cam DavisLB · Florida International · 2025
Dwight NunooLB · Florida International · 2025
Orlando Syph-TimmonsLB · Florida International · 2025
Josiah TaylorLB · Florida International · 2025- Jayson ColeyDB · Murray State · 2024
- Jamari DaileyS · Murray State · 2024
Chavaris DumasDB · Murray State · 2024
Esteban GuilloryDB · Murray State · 2024- James Jackson IIIS · Murray State · 2024
- Lovie JenkinsDB · Murray State · 2024
Davon MartinDB · Murray State · 2024- KaVan ReedS · Murray State · 2024
Trace RuckmanDB · Murray State · 2024
Trelon SladeDB · Murray State · 2024- Kanyon WalkerS · Murray State · 2024
Amari WansleyS · Murray State · 2024
KeShawn WashingtonS · Murray State · 2024- Shavarick WilliamsDB · Murray State · 2024
- Josh WilliamsonS · Murray State · 2024
Ore AdeyiDB · Northwestern · 2022- Coco AzemaDB · Northwestern · 2022
- Trent CarringtonDB · Northwestern · 2022
- Joe DeHaanDB · Northwestern · 2022
Robert FitzgeraldDB · Northwestern · 2022- A.J. Hampton Jr.DB · Northwestern · 2022
- Tyler HaskinsDB · Northwestern · 2022
- Garnett Hollis Jr.CB · Northwestern · 2022
Theran JohnsonDB · Northwestern · 2022
