Robb Smith begins his first season on the Rutgers staff after joining the program in the spring as the special teams coordinator and outside linebackers coach.
Smith comes to Rutgers after spending seven seasons on the Maine coaching staff, most recently serving as assistant head coach and defensive coordinator. In addition to his role as defensive coordinator and assistant head coach, Smith also coached the team’s linebackers.
Under Smith, Maine was ranked in the top third nationally in the Football Championship Subdivision in total defense in each of his three seasons as defensive coordinator. Smith earned the promotion to assistant head coach after leading one of the finest defenses in the nation in 2006. In his first season as the defensive coordinator, the "Black Hole" defense ranked among the top five nationally in several categories, including: rush defense (first), total defense (second), sacks (third), scoring defense (fourth) and tackles for loss (fifth).
Before joining the staff at Maine, Smith worked as a quality control/defensive graduate assistant at Iowa from 1999-01. He was with the 2001 Hawkeye squad that defeated Texas Tech in the Alamo Bowl, 19-16.
A native of Pittsburgh, Pa., Smith played at Allegheny College from 1993-97 and was a three-year letterwinner at strong safety. Smith earned his B.A. degree in economics from Allegheny in 1997. He also earned a masters degree in communications from Iowa in 2002. Smith and his wife, Amy, are the proud parents of two sons, Charles and Jonathan.
