Jamaal Smith serves as Chief of Staff for Troy University's Football program in Troy, Alabama. The Troy source profile describes Smith's current role and recent program context, including that Smith enters his 19th season with the Troy football program and fourth as the chief of staff in 2025 following five years as the director of player development. Troy has set program records for grade point average, NCAA APR and GSR, and community service hours with Smith overseeing all those aspects of the program.
The same Troy profile adds background on Smith's coaching path, team results, and player-development record. In 2022, the Trojans finished the season ranked in a major poll for the first time in program history, checking in at No. 19 in the AP Top 25 and No. 20 in the USA Today/Coaches Poll. Troy hosted and appeared in the Sun Belt Championship Game for the first time, reached the 12-win mark at the FBS level for the first time and hosted Army in front of a Veterans Memorial Stadium record crowd of more than 31,000 fans. Smith, a wide receiver for the Trojans from 2001-04, has been part of five Sun Belt Conference titles and seven bowl appearances during his tenure with Troy. For the ICDB record, that background gives readers a fuller picture of the experience Jamaal Smith brings to the Football staff.
