Football
- Title:
- Assistant AD/Football Operations
- Email:
- smithandret15@ecu.edu
- Phone:
- (252) 737-1593
Terrell Smith is in his third year ECU's Assistant Athletics Director for Football Operations.Â
Prior to joining the Pirate staff, Smith served as director of football operations at Duke under head coach David Cutcliffe during the 2015 season. His latest tenure at his alma mater also followed a combined five years in player development and recruiting roles under Cutcliffe and Ted Roof spanning from 2006 to 2011.
Smith was the Blue Devils' top liaison with the school's academic support, admissions, financial aid and housing departments, while also managing program budgets for meals and recruiting. He also coordinated all logistical facets of Duke's team travel operation, serving as the key contact regarding air and bus transportation as well as the establishment of road lodging headquarters.
Before rejoining the Blue Devils' staff in July, 2015, Smith was in Chapel Hill as North Carolina's assistant director of player personnel for five months after spending two years at Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts where he served as the assistant director of admission for multicultural recruitment.
In addition to his earlier stay at Duke, he worked in various football administrative and coaching capacities at Oklahoma State and Lenoir-Rhyne.
Smith was assistant director of football recruiting for head coach Mike Gundy and the Cowboys in 2011 and 2012, which followed player development and football relations positions in Durham beginning in 2006.
Smith earned his bachelor's degree in political science from Duke in 2004 before adding a master's in humanities in 2006.
A native of Wingate, N.C., Smith co-captained the Blue Devils as a senior in the fall of 2003 and earned co-team MVP and second-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference honors after recording 140 tackles from his safety position. In 40 career games, Smith racked up 321 stops and netted three interceptions.
After completing his undergraduate work, Smith worked one year on the coaching staff at Lenoir-Rhyne before returning to his alma mater. He initially served as a graduate assistant coach in 2005 before making the move to the player development office.
