Mark Smith will be the new linebackers coach at Colorado. Smith coached cornerbacks at Arkansas from 2018-19.
Colorado head football coach Karl Dorrell has filled the remaining holes on his coaching staff.
On Friday, CU officially named Mark Smith as inside linebackers coach and Bryan Cook as tight ends coach.
Smith comes to CU after a short stint as defensive coordinator at Long Island University, while Cook is being promoted after spending the past two seasons with the Buffs as director of quality control for defense.
Smith fills the vacancy created when defensive coordinator/inside linebackers coach Tyson Summers was fired last month. Smith will be reunited with recently promoted defensive coordinator Chris Wilson, as the two worked together at Oklahoma in 2008.
Cook is replacing Taylor Embree, who left the Buffs last month after one season as tight ends coach to take a position coaching running backs with the NFL’s New York Jets.
Smith was hired by LIU, an FCS school, last summer, but the Sharks had their 2020 season postponed to this spring. Prior to LIU, Smith coached cornerbacks at Arkansas (2018-19), his first full-time on-field coaching position in college. At Arkansas, he worked under head coach Chad Morris, who was fired during the 2019 season.
Before Arkansas, Smith worked for Morris for three years (2015-17) at SMU, where he was the director of recruiting for the Mustangs. In 2017, Smith added defensive analyst duties.
In 2008, Smith worked as a defensive quality control coach at Oklahoma. Wilson was the Sooners’ defensive ends coach at that time and he and Smith developed a good relationship during that season.
Smith also has 14 years of experience as a coach at three different high schools in the Dallas/Fort Worth area, including four seasons (2011-14) as the head coach at L.D. Bell High School. He was a defensive coordinator for six of his 14 seasons at the prep level.
A native of Abilene, Texas, Smith played one year at Baylor before transferring to Hardin-Simmons University, where he was a three-time first-team All-American Southwest Conference kicker, from 1997-99. He also played receiver for the Cowboys.
Cook, 44, will return to the offensive side of the ball after being a quality control coach on defense for the past three years, at CU (2019-20) and Georgia Tech (2018).
In 2017, Cook was the offensive coordinator at Georgia Southern – where he worked for Summers, who was the Eagles’ head coach.
From 2013-16, Cook coached quarterbacks and B-Backs at Georgia Tech, and he was co-offensive coordinator at Cal Poly from 2009-12, coaching quarterbacks and fullbacks. From 2004-08, he was in the prep ranks, including four years as a head coach.
A graduate of Ithaca College, where he was a starting safety and an all-conference lacrosse player. Cook got his start in coaching with three years as a graduate assistant at Georgia Tech (2001-03). He worked at various times on offense and defense for the Yellow Jackets, including coaching tight ends in 2002.
Last week, CU promoted Wilson, the Buffs’ defensive line coach, to defensive coordinator. Dorrell also promoted safeties coach Brett Maxie to defensive passing game coordinator.
In addition to Wilson and Maxie, CU returns Demetrice Martin (cornerbacks) and Brian Michalowski (outside linebackers) to the defensive staff.
On offense, the Buffs return coordinator/receivers coach Darrin Chiaverini, along with Darian Hagan (running backs), Danny Langsdorf (quarterbacks) and Mitch Rodrigue (offensive line).
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