Pacific Lutheran University Athletics

Mike Smith joined the PLU football coaching staff as a defensive line coach prior to the 2023 season. 

Smith comes to Luteville after serving as a defensive graduate assistant at Texas Christian University from 2019-2021. Prior to TCU, Smith was an assistant at Northwest Conference rival Pacific University. Smith was the defensive line coach from 2015-2019 as was a defensive assistant in 2014, helping the Boxers win a share of the conference title.

Smith graduated from Pacific with a degree in psychology and secured a master's degree in liberal arts from TCU.