Coaches
D. J. Smith
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
D. J. Smith
Played at App State 2007-2010
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Vance HS (NC) (HS) | DC | Associate head coach & defensive coordinator | not known |
| 2017 | App State | Analyst | Senior defensive analyst | Scott Satterfield* |
| 2018-2019 | App State | Position | Outside linebackers coach | Scott Satterfield* (2018), Eli Drinkwitz*+ (2019) |
| 2020-2021 | Missouri | Position | Linebackers coach | Eli Drinkwitz*+ |
| 2022-2024 | Missouri | DC | Co-DC/Linebackers coach/recruiting coordinator✓ | Eli Drinkwitz*+ |
| 2025- | App State | DC | Defensive coordinator✓ | Dowell Loggains* |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Missouri | Co-defensive coordinator | 56 | 55 | 24 | 116 | 131 |
| 2023 | Missouri | Co-defensive coordinator | 36 | 32 | 17 | 56 | 133 |
| 2024 | Missouri | Co-defensive coordinator | 34 | 30 | 47 | 36 | 134 |
| 2025 | App State | Defensive coordinator | 86 | 103 | 116 | 123 | 136 |
| 2026 | App State | Defensive coordinator | 79 | 58 | 72 | 86 | 138 |
Worked under
- Scott Satterfield* · App State 2017-2018 (Analyst, Position)
- Eli Drinkwitz*+ · App State 2019 (Position)
- Eli Drinkwitz*+ · Missouri 2020-2024 (DC, Other, Position)
- Dowell Loggains* · App State 2025-2026 (DC)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Bryan Brown · App State 2017-2018 · him Analyst, Position, them DC, Position
- Dale Jones · App State 2017-2018 · him Analyst, Position, them Position
- Frank Ponce · App State 2017-2018 · him Analyst, Position, them OC, Position
- Mark Ivey · App State 2017-2018 · him Analyst, Position, them Head coach, Other, Position
- Nate Woody · App State 2017 · him Analyst, them DC, Position
- Pete Thomas · App State 2017-2018 · him Analyst, Position, them Analyst, GA
- Scot Sloan · App State 2017 · him Analyst, them DC, Position
- Scott Satterfield* · App State 2017-2018 · him Analyst, Position, them Head coach
- Shawn Clark · App State 2017-2019 · him Analyst, Position, them Head coach, OC, Other, Position
- Greg Gasparato · App State 2018-2019 · him Position, them Position
- Charlie Harbison · App State 2019 · him Position, them Position
- Eli Drinkwitz*+ · App State 2019 · him Position, them Head coach
- Garrett Riley · App State 2019 · him Position, them Position
- Ted Roof · App State 2019 · him Position, them DC
- Bush Hamdan · Missouri 2020-2022 · him DC, Other, Position, them Position
- Casey Woods* · Missouri 2020-2021 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Charlie Harbison · Missouri 2020-2021 · him Position, them Other, Position
- Curtis Luper · Missouri 2020-2024 · him DC, Other, Position, them Position
- David Gibbs · Missouri 2020 · him Position, them Position
- Eli Drinkwitz*+ · Missouri 2020-2024 · him DC, Other, Position, them Head coach
- Ryan Walters · Missouri 2020 · him Position, them DC, Position
- Matt Linehan · Missouri 2021 · him Position, them GA
- Steve Wilks · Missouri 2021 · him Position, them DC
- Blake Baker · Missouri 2022-2023 · him DC, Other, Position, them DC, Position
- Kirby Moore* · Missouri 2023-2024 · him DC, Other, Position, them OC, Position
- Chris Ball · Missouri 2024 · him DC, Other, Position, them Analyst
- Corey Batoon · Missouri 2024 · him DC, Other, Position, them DC
- David Blackwell · Missouri 2024 · him DC, Other, Position, them Position
- Jacob Yoro · Missouri 2024 · him DC, Other, Position, them Position
- Sean Gleeson · Missouri 2024 · him DC, Other, Position, them Analyst
- Dowell Loggains* · App State 2025-2026 · him DC, them Head coach
- Joe Dailey · App State 2025 · him DC, them Position
- Mike Anthony · App State 2026 · him DC, them OC
- Ryan Pugh · App State 2026 · him DC, them Position