App State Football head coach Dowell Loggains announced Monday the hiring of Curtis Fuller as a defensive assistant coach. A former NFL player and coach, the 46-year-old Fuller has

Missouri football linebackers coach and co-defensive play-caller D.J. Smith is rejoining his alma mater Appalachian State as its defensive coordinator.

Smith joined the Mizzou football staff as linebackers coach in December 2019. Eli Drinkwitz added the title of recruiting coordinator in January 2022, and co-defensive coordinator in February 2022. This season, the Tigers' defense held opponents to just 319 yards per game of total offense, ranking as one of the SEC's top units.

App State alum D.J. Smith, a championship-winning player and coach during his previous tenures on the mountain, has been tabbed as the program’s next defensive coordinator by new

Missouri linebackers coach DJ Smith is departing to become Appalachian State's defensive coordinator, according to multiple reports. That Smith is taking a coordinator position at his alma mater is not especially surprising,

Sources tell FootballScoop Dowell Loggains has found his defensive coordinator. Missouri co-defensive coordinator DJ Smith has accepted the position sources share. A Charlotte native, Smith started the final nine games of App State's 2007 national championship run as a true freshman and