In his senior year, he served as team captain and earned multiple honors, including All-Atlantic 10, All-New England, and All-ECAC recognition.
[3] In 2015, following Ryan's firing with the Jets, Smith joined Chip Kelly's Philadelphia Eagles staff as the assistant linebackers coach.
[5] In 2016, Smith joined Jim Harbaugh's Michigan staff as the safeties coach, reuniting him with Don Brown, who had recently been hired as the Wolverines defensive coordinator.
[6] In Smith's first season, both of Michigan's starting safeties, Lano Hill and Dymonte Thomas, achieved All-Big Ten honors.
[7][3] In early December 2017, it was reported that Smith was leaving Michigan to become the defensive coordinator of Mike Bloomgren's inaugural Rice Owls football staff.
The two had previously worked together for four seasons with the Jets, and Smith stated that he had wanted to be a coordinator on Bloomgren's staff when the opportunity arose.
Smith was originally retained by Abell before deciding to take the defensive coordinator job for new Temple head coach, K.C.