PITTSBURGH (93.7 The Fan) – He’s Penn State’s interim head coach, but much of Terry Smith’s influence and experience comes from coaching in the WPIAL and at Duquesne University.
Smith’s hometown is Aliquippa, but he was a standout player at Gateway High School. He was a quarterback and scored the only touchdown in a 7-6 WPIAL title game victory over North Hills in 1986. He would go to Penn State and start three seasons at wide receiver. After a five-year professional football career in multiple leagues, Smith began his coaching path at Hempfield High School as an assistant coach.
He would spend a year there before joining Penn State graduate Greg Gattuso at Duquesne University where he was his passing game coordinator from 1997-2000. Smith left to become the offensive coordinator at his high school alma mater, and then the Gateway head coach a year later, winning an astonishing 101 games in a decade and coached in four WPIAL title games…