Lovie Smith
NFL Coach of the Year winner Lovie Smith is the head coach of the Houston Texans. He was the head coach of the Chicago Bears and Tampa Bay Buccaneers from 2004 to 2016, and the Illinois Fighting Illini from 2016 to 2020. Smith has two Super Bowl appearances under his belt: once as the defensive coordinator for the St. Louis Rams in 2001 and once as the Bears’ head coach in 2006. In 2012, Smith joined Bubba Smith, Dave Parks, Andre Ware, Mack Brown, and Fred Couples in being inducted into the Texas Sports Hall of Fame.
Smith is a vocal advocate for the American Diabetes Association. His mother has diabetes-related blindness. Smith and his wife MaryAnne founded The Lovie and MaryAnne Smith Foundation, a programme that offers educational and life skill opportunities to deserving young people who might otherwise face obstacles in achieving their educational aspirations. Smith is a devoted Christian who gives to Brown’s Chapel, his previous Methodist church in Texas, once a month.
Smith was hired on March 10, 2021, by the Houston Texans as their assistant head coach and defensive coordinator, under head coach David Culley. Houston’s defence finished 2021 with 25 takeaways overall, tied for 10th in the NFL, and intercepted 3.1% of opposing passes, the fifth-highest rate in the league, in Smith’s first season as defensive coordinator. On February 7, 2022, he was given the position of head coach.
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