Coaches / Position coach / Terry M. Smith
Career
63
not coaching now
Rating89recent
Peak90best 5 yrs
Career63whole career
confidence
Terry M. Smith
Associate Head Coach/Cornerbacks · Penn State
Headline rating: as position coach · defensive backs. Every role he has been rated in is below.
Chemistry
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index in development
Seasons here1
Programs1
Stints3
Career path
Head-coaching stints since 1936; assistant roles since 2016
As head coach
Rating66Form66≈ as usualPeak66Career63
2025–2025 · 1 seasonsRecord 4-3National 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 66: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Penn State | 4-3 | #15 | +1.24 SD |
Season rank = his team among all major-college teams that year; vs contemporaries = how far above the average team (in standard deviations).