Devin Smith finished his second season as a full-time assistant coach and fourth season overall with the Union College football team in 2025. After serving as the Defensive Line Coach and Special Teams Coordinator in 2024, he took over the Defensive Coordinator position in 2025 and works with the inside linebackers. Smith previously served in a part-time role as leader of the defensive line unit.
Smith was a key part of the Liberty League Coaching Staff of the Year that engineered the second-largest turnaround in Division III. The team went from a 3-7 record in 2024 to an 8-2 regular-season record and the program's 14th NCAA Tournament appearance in 2025, completing the program's fourth undefeated conference slate (and second 7-0 finish) and ending the regular season on an eight-game winning streak. Union boasted three All-Conference players from its linebacking corps, including first-teamer John Droggitis, and a total of nine All-League players on the defensive side of the ball overall.
In his first season with the special teams unit, Union ranked fifth in Division III in net punting and also saw sophomore Hayden Hall earn D3football.com All-Region team and All-Liberty League second-team honors.
Under Smith's direction, Union accumulated 21 sacks during the 2023 season, with more than half (11.5) coming from the defensive line in the team's 3-4 defense, while limiting opponents to 11.4 points per game and just 69.2 rushing yards per contest. Union posted a combined record of 16-6 in his first two years, including the sixth 10-win season in program history in 2023, and the line produced five All-Conference selections in his first three seasons.
Smith was a four-year member of the football team at SUNY Cortland, where he was a standout on the defensive line for the Red Dragons. As a senior, he was named to the D3football.com All-America third team as a defensive tackle after making the switch from defensive end, where he played his first three seasons. He recorded 46 tackles (22 solo) in 12 games, including 6.5 sacks and seven total tackles for loss.
As a team captain, Smith helped Cortland to a perfect 10-0 regular-season record, an Empire 8 title, and a berth in the second round of the NCAA Tournament with a program-record tying 11 victories. Following the season, Smith represented Cortland at the FCS National Bowl in Daytona Beach.
Smith graduated from SUNY Cortland in 2022 with a degree in criminology.
