Weber State University Athletics
Football
- Title:
- Assistant Coach/Special Teams
- Email:
- ryansmaha@weber.edu
- Phone:
- 801-626-7175
Ryan Smaha enters his second season as an assistant coach with the Wildcats where he coaches the special teams.
He joined the WSU program in the summer of 2012. During his first season with the Wildcats Smaha coached junior punter Tony Epperson, who led the nation in punting average, before suffering a season-ending injury. The Wildcats finished in the top half in the Big Sky in punting and kickoff return average in 2012.
Smaha came to Weber State from Idaho State where he was an assistant coach for the Bengals in 2011 coaching the outside linebackers. Prior to Idaho State Smaha spent the 2010 season as the tight ends coach at Western Oregon where he assisted the offensive coordinator and offensive line coach in run game planning. He coordinated walk-on players and tracked player participation. During the summer of 2010 Smaha helped coach the SWARCO Raiders in Innsbruck, Austria.
Smaha worked as a graduate assistant coach at Washington State from January 2007 to April 2010, where he coached with coach Sears. While working with Cougars Smaha coached the SAM linebackers in 2008-09 and the assisted the defensive backs coach in 2007. During this time he also served as a defensive and special team’s coach.
During his coaching tenure he coached three Pac-10 honorable mention players who all signed free agent contracts with NFL teams.
Prior to Washington State Smaha had his first stint at Idaho State where he was the assistant recruiting coordinator from 2004-06.
A native of Pullman, Wash., Smaha played for Eastern Oregon during in 2002 and 2003 seasons. During the 2003 season Smaha earned Football’s Big-Team-Little Me award.
He earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Marketing from Eastern Oregon in 2004 and graduated with his master’s degree in Higher Education Administration in 2011.
