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Matt Smith

Title:
Offensive Line
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Phone:
406.994.5694

Matt Smith, a former player and coach at Fresno State, begins his first season as Montana State's offensive line coach in 2025. A member of the Fresno State program since arriving as a walk-on offensive lineman in 2016, Smith played for the Bulldogs from 2016-21 and started at center during the last three of those seasons. He was a 2019 nominee for the Burlsworth Trophy recognizing the top college football player that began his career as a walk-on, and in 2020 was named to the watch list for the Rimington Award for the nation’s top center. During his playing career FSU rebounded from a 1-11 season in 2016 to a 10-4 campaign in 2017 and a Mountain West title in 2018. The Long Beach, California, native prepped at St. John Bosco and worked at FSU as offensive line graduate assistant in 2022 and 2023. In 2023, he worked alongside former Montana State offensive line coach, Brian Armstrong and was named the offensive line coach following Armstrong’s departure at the beginning of 2024. In each of his three years coaching, the Bulldogs made a bowl game and won a Mountain West title in 2022. Smith earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration with an emphasis in sports marketing in 2020, and his master’s in curriculum and instruction at Fresno State.