Football
Smith, Ryan
Ryan Smith
- Title:
- Special Teams Analyst
- Email:
- smithrya18@ecu.edu
- Phone:
- (252) 737-4570
- Elevated to a special teams anaÂlyst position by head coach Mike Houston in 2019 after returning to the ECU program as a defensive graduate assistant a year earlier …
- In all, has spent eight years with the Pirates in a footÂball or strength and conditioning role either as a student assistant or grad assistant after arriving in Greenville in the spring of 2014 …
- Served as a volunteer defensive quality control coorÂdinator under John Reiners at Black Hills (S.D.) State in 2017, helping the Yellow Jackets hold opponents to a 33 percent third down success rate and forcing 23 turnovers – ranking second in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference in both categories …
- Part of former coach Scottie Montgomery’s initial staff in 2016, working as a student assistant on the defensive side of the ball …
- Assisted in ECU’s strength and conditioning program in 2014 and 2015 ...
- Transferred into the Pirate program from Pace (N.Y.) University following the 2013 campaign …
- Spent the 2012 season working as an assistant JV defensive coordinator and secondary coach at alma mater Saint Joseph-by-the-Sea (N.Y.) High School …
- Earned a bachelor’s degree in physical education from ECU in May, 2017.
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