Lovie Smith
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- Seasons coached
- 42
- First season
- 1980
- Teams
- 13
Career
16 stints
1980s
- 1980Big Sandy HS (TX)Defensive Coordinator
- 1981–1982Cascia Hall Prep (OK)Assistant Defensive BacksWide Receivers
- 1983–1986TulsaLinebackers
- 1987WisconsinAssistant Coach
- 1988–1991Arizona StateLinebackers
1990s
- 1992KentuckyOutside Linebackers
- 1993–1994TennesseeDefensive Backs
- 1995Ohio StateDefensive Backs
- 1996–2000Tampa Bay BuccaneersLinebackers
2000s
- 2001–2003St. Louis RamsDefensive Coordinator
- 2004–2012Chicago BearsHead Coach
2010s
- 2014–2015Tampa Bay BuccaneersHead Coach
- 2016–2020IllinoisHead Coach
2020s
- 2020IllinoisAssistant Coach
- 2021Houston TexansAssociate Head CoachDefensive Coordinator
- 2022Houston TexansHead Coach
Coaching tree
8 mentors, 82 protégés, 12 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.
MentorsProtégés
Everyone shown became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row
Relationships
Coached under
101
- 2022Curtis FullerMentored · Houston Texans
- 2022DeNarius McGheeMentored · Houston Texans
- 2022Hal HunterMentored · Houston Texans
- 2022Pep HamiltonMentored · Houston Texans
- 2022Ted WhiteMentored · Houston Texans
- 2021David CulleyCoached under · Houston Texans
- 2020Al DavisMentored · Illinois
- 2020Jimmy LindseyMentored · Illinois
- 2020Rod SmithCoached under · Illinois
- 2019–2020Bob McClainMentored · Illinois
- 2019–2020Keynodo HudsonMentored · Illinois
- 2019–2020Mike BellamyMentored · Illinois
- 2018–2019Austin ClarkMentored · Illinois
- 2018Bob McClaineMentored · Illinois
- 2018Cody GibsonMentored · Illinois
86 more, most recent shown first.
Succeeded
16
- 2023Bill LazorSucceeded by · Houston Texans
- 2022David CulleySucceeded · Houston Texans
- 2021Bret BielemaSucceeded by · Illinois
- 2020Rod SmithSucceeded · Illinois
- 2020Rod SmithSucceeded by · Illinois
- 2016Bill CubitSucceeded · Illinois
- 2016Dirk KoetterSucceeded by · Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- 2014Greg SchianoSucceeded · Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- 2014Jeff HafleySucceeded · Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- 2013Marc TrestmanSucceeded by · Chicago Bears
- 2004Larry MarmieSucceeded by · St. Louis Rams
- 2001Joe BarrySucceeded by · Tampa Bay Buccaneers
- 1996Jon TenutaSucceeded by · Ohio State
- 1995Kevin RamseySucceeded by · Tennessee
- 1995Larry CokerSucceeded · Ohio State
1 more, most recent shown first.
Tenure
42 seasons
- Chicago BearsHead coach · 2004–20129
- IllinoisHead coach · 2016–20205
- Tampa Bay BuccaneersPosition coach · 1996–20005
- Arizona StatePosition coach · 1988–19914
- TulsaPosition coach · 1983–19864
- St. Louis RamsCoordinator · 2001–20033
- Tampa Bay BuccaneersHead coach · 2014–20152
- TennesseePosition coach · 1993–19942
- Cascia Hall Prep (OK)Position coach · 1981–19822
- Houston TexansHead coach · 20221
- Houston TexansCoordinator · 20211
- IllinoisPosition coach · 20201
- Ohio StatePosition coach · 19951
- KentuckyPosition coach · 19921
- WisconsinPosition coach · 19871
- Big Sandy HS (TX)Coordinator · 19801
Pipeline
7 of 15 coordinators
- 7 seasonsMike Phairunder at Illinois 2016 · head coach at IBM Big Blue2024
- 0 seasonsRod Smithunder at Illinois 2018 · head coach at Illinois2020
- 8 seasonsMike Martzunder at Chicago Bears 2010 · head coach at San Diego Fleet2019
- 1 seasonDirk Koetterunder at Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2015 · head coach at Tampa Bay Buccaneers2016
- 1 seasonJeff Tedfordunder at Tampa Bay Buccaneers 2014 · head coach at BC Lions2015
- 10 seasonsTerry Sheaunder at Chicago Bears 2004 · head coach at Boston Brawlers2014
- 4 seasonsRon Turnerunder at Chicago Bears 2005 · head coach at Florida International2013
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Lovie Smith. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.