Fourth in a series looking ahead to the 2021 ODU football season.
By Harry Minium
Serving as a special teams coordinator can be akin to being asked to herd cats.
While an offensive or defensive coordinator needs only to determine 11 starters, Old Dominion special teams coach Kevin Smith deals with more like 50 or 60. He not only has the field goal, kickoff and punt teams, but also punt and kickoff return and the field-goal blocking team.
He coaches skilled kickers and punters, snappers, holders, tacklers, blockers and return specialists.