Matthew Smiley
American football coach (born 1978)
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Matthew Smiley (born October 2, 1978) is an American football coach who most recently served as the special teams coordinator for the Buffalo Bills of the National Football League (NFL).
| Personal information | |
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| Born | October 2, 1978 Danville, Illinois, U.S. |
| Career information | |
| College | Illinois |
| Career history | |
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| Head coaching record | |
| Career | NCAA: 2–2 (.500) |
Career
From 2013 to 2016, Smiley was the assistant special teams coordinator for the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Smiley joined the Bills in 2017 as assistant special teams coordinator when Sean McDermott was hired as head coach in 2017, and held that post for five years. During that time, kicker Tyler Bass scored 141 points in 2020 and 135 in 2021.[1]
On February 9, 2025, the Bills parted ways with Smiley.[2]
Head coaching record
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eureka Red Devils (St. Louis Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2008) | |||||||||
| 2008 | Eureka | 2–2[a] | 2–2 | T–5th | |||||
| Eureka: | 2–2 | 2–2 | |||||||
| Total: | 2–2 | ||||||||
- Smiley was named interim head coach with four weeks remaining in the season following the firing of Daniel Sullivan.