Mike Smith, once a linebacker at Texas Tech when Dana Holgorsen was on the coaching staff there, is reportedly reuniting with Holgorsen as a coach on West Virginia's defensive staff.
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January 17, 2012
Write this done, bookmark it or tattoo it somewhere on your body: Joe Deforest will one day be a great defensive coordinator.
And his journey to greatness will begin at West Virginia University.
If talks with Randy Shannon work out and he agrees to join Dana Holgorsen’s staff he will do so as a co-defensive coordinator with DeForest.
If talks don’t pan out with Shannon...
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January 17, 2012
West Virginia's new defensive staff has appeared to take one step closer to completion.
A tweet by Football Scoop indicates West Virginia intends to hire NY Jets linebacker coach, Mike Smith.
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West Virginia: We hear Dana has made a great hire. Mike Smith (OLB coach) with the Jets coming to WVU FootballScoop.com...
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January 17, 2012
West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen has already filled in one spot on his defensive staff left by the departures of coordinator and two assistants with former Oklahoma State safeties coach Joe DeForest. Now, he’s reportedly filled another. CBSSports‘ Bruce Feldman and Footballscoop.com both reported Tuesday that New York Jets linebackers coach Mike Smith would take the…
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January 18, 2012
It isn’t often that you see a pro football coach leaving his position at the nation’s most elite level to take the same gig at a college, especially in the case of a position coach. Bruce Feldman of CBS Sports broke a story yesterday that New York Jets linebackers coach, Mike Smith, will be the new linebackers coach for the Mountaineers. Innocent enough. The story doesn...
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