Michael Smith is in his first season coaching wide receivers at Old Dominion.
Smith, a veteran college coach with 27 years of experience, comes to ODU after a pair of seasons coaching wide receivers at McNeese State.
“I’ve known Michael a long time and during thattime he has established himself as an excellent coach and an elite recruiter,” Rahne said. “He has continually mentored productive units and I’m excited to build on the wide receiver success that we had last year.”
As a player, Smith had 179 receptions for 2,457 yards at Kansas State, ranking fifth and fourth in school history. Smith was named a third-team All-American in 1991, honorable mention All-American in 1989 and a two-time All-Big Eight selection (1989 and 1991). He played for the Kansas City Chiefs in 1992.
Prior to coaching at McNeese, Smith spent time at South Alabama and coached receivers at Kentucky from 2018-19.
Smith coached at Arkansas for five seasons from 2013-17, leading the receivers and helped lead the Razorbacks to three bowl games.
He spent the 2007-08 seasons at Arizona and prior to that spent the 2006 campaign at Rice.
Smith got his coaching start at his alma mater, serving in multiple capacities as a member of K-State’s staff for 16 years. He started in the profession as a student assistant for the Wildcats in 1993 and was a graduate assistant during the 1995 and ‘96 campaigns as the program posted a combined 28-7-1 record.