Coaches / Offensive coordinator / Rod Smith
Career
62
not coaching now
Rating70recent
Peak79best 5 yrs
Career62whole career
confidence
Rod Smith
Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks · Marshall
Headline rating: as offensive coordinator. Every role he has been rated in is below.
Chemistry
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index in development
Seasons here2
Programs4
Stints5
Career path
Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
As head coach
Rating62Peak62Career62
2020–2020 · 1 seasonsRecord 0-1National titles 0Great seasons 0 (top ~7% of all teams that year)Career: too early to rank all-time (8+ seasons as a head coach)
- Rating 62: his whole career, recent seasons weighted most, measured as how far his teams stood above their era, crediting him with half of what each program already was when he arrived (about the share that, historically, follows a coach to his next job), fading as the program becomes his own.
Rating = who he is: his whole head-coaching career (since 1936), weighted toward recent years — how far his teams stood above their contemporaries, how much he lifted programs, his great seasons and titles. Form = the last two seasons. Career = the all-time ranking number.
| Season | Team | Record | Season rank | vs contemporaries |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Illinois | 0-1 | #58 | -0.67 SD |
Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).
As offensive coordinator
Rating70Peak79
His offense against its preseason projection (value over expectation) and the unit's opponent-adjusted quality.
| Season | Team | Unit (EPA/play) | Over expectation | Season score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Marshall | 0.00 | 0.06 | 0.56 |
| 2024 | Jacksonville State | 0.03 | 0.11 | 1.11 |
| 2023 | Jacksonville State | -0.09 | -0.10 | -1.24 |
| 2020 | Illinois | 0.00 | -0.01 | -0.06 |
| 2019 | Illinois | -0.04 | -0.03 | -0.46 |
| 2018 | Illinois | -0.02 | 0.06 | 0.42 |
| 2017 | Arizona | 0.13 | 0.14 | 1.78 |
| 2016 | Arizona | -0.02 | — | -0.09 |
Season score: 0 = an average season in this role; positive = better.