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| Born | October 2, 1978 Danville, Illinois, U.S. |
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| College | Illinois |
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| Career | NCAA: 2–2 (.500) |
Matthew Smiley (born October 2, 1978) is an American football coach who most recently served as the special teams coordinator for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL).
Career
[edit]From 2013 to 2016, Smiley was the assistant special teams coordinator for the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Smiley joined the Bills in 2017 as assistant special teams coordinator when Sean McDermott was hired as head coach in 2017, and held that post for five years. During that time, kicker Tyler Bass scored 141 points in 2020 and 135 in 2021.[1]
On February 9, 2025, the Bills parted ways with Smiley.[2]
Head coaching record
[edit]| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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| Eureka Red Devils (St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2008) | |||||||||
| 2008 | Eureka | 2–2[a] | 2–2 | T–5th | |||||
| Eureka: | 2–2 | 2–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 2–2 | ||||||||
- ↑ Smiley was named interim head coach with four weeks remaining in the season following the firing of Daniel Sullivan.
References
[edit]- ↑ Glab, Maddy. "Bills name Matthew Smiley special teams coordinator". buffalobills.com. The Buffalo Bills. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
- ↑ "Report: Bills part ways with STs coordinator Matthew Smiley". nbcsports.com. Retrieved February 9, 2025.
- ↑ "Eureka Football Record Book" (PDF). Eureka College. p. 74. Retrieved January 11, 2026.
Categories:
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- Buffalo Bills coaches
- 1978 births
- Illinois Fighting Illini football players
- Players of American football from Illinois
- Dartmouth Big Green football coaches
- Eureka Red Devils football coaches
- Eastern Illinois Panthers football coaches
- Charleston Southern Buccaneers football coaches
- Jacksonville Jaguars coaches
- Coaches of American football from Illinois
- NFL special teams coordinators