Terry Smith returns for his fourth season as William & Mary’s special teams quality control and specialist coach. He works along with Darryl Blackstock to coordinate all special teams duties.
W&M’s specialists continued to thrive under Smith’s leadership last season, as punter Carter Boyd earned freshman All-America honors and was selected third-team All-CAA. En route to garnering the accolades, Carter led the conference by pinning opponents inside their own 20-yard line with 41.3 percent of his punts. Additionally, kicker Sam Braidwood distinguished himself by recording the program’s fourth-highest single-season total for touchbacks (28).
The 2024 campaign was also a record-breaking year for Smith’s unit, as Josh McCormick set a single-season school record with 34 touchbacks while Ruben Anderson posted the second-best single-season punting average in school history (44.2).
Smith made an immediate impact during his first season in Williamsburg, as his units established themselves among the best in the country. Placekicker Caden Bonoffski earned All-America honors and first-team all-conference distinction in 2023 after ranking fifth nationally in field goal percentage (.889) and eighth in made field goals per game (1.45), while punter Will Whitehurst ranked ninth nationally in punting average (43.8) – an impressive figure that ranks fourth on W&M’s single-season list. Additionally, long snapper Nick Levy earned All-America honors by Stats Perform.
Smith has more 30 years of combined high school and collegiate coaching experience. He has been a head coach, assistant coach and coordinator for a number of schools, including Radford HS, Nottoway HS, Jefferson Forest HS, Virginia HS, and the University of Virginia.
Smith has been a special teams coach for his entire coaching tenure, beginning at Virginia Tech in 1987 as a player under Coach Frank Beamer, and continuing at the University of Virginia in 2000 as a graduate assistant for Mike London (DT) and Rick Lantz (LB). At Virginia, he also worked with all specialists (punters, kickers and snappers). He coached in the 2000 O’ahu Bowl vs. Georgia.
Smith has a B.S. in Health and Physical Education from Virginia Tech (1991) and a M.S. in Administration and Supervision in Education from the University of Virginia (2003).
He is married to Margaret Hulvey Smith.
