Columbia University Football
Seitu Smith

Seitu Smith

Offensive Coordinator

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Seitu Smith joined Columbia as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach in January 2024 and helped the Lions capture their first Ivy League title since 1961 in his first season at the helm. The Lions’ offense racked up 3,930 yards of total offense in 2024, which is the second most in program history and the most since 1983, and racked up 169.1 rushing yards per game, good for No. 2 in the Ivy League. Wide receiver Bryson Canty was a first-team All-Ivy League honoree after racking up 760 yards and nine touchdowns. Due to an injury to starter Chase Goodwin, Columbia played with three different starting quarterbacks, each of whom earned at least one victory. Smith originally joined the Elis as a running backs coach in February 2021 and was promoted to Assistant Head Coach/Run Game Coordinator in March 2023. He was a part of back-to-back Ivy League Championship runs with the Bulldogs in 2022 and 2023. Yale captured its second consecutive Ancient Eight crown in 2023 thanks to a pair of the Ivy League’s top rushers, Joshua Pitsenberger and dual-threat quarterback Nolan Grooms. Grooms repeated as the Ivy League’s Offensive Asa S. Bushnell Cup winner after picking up 588 rushing yards and a pair of scores on the ground. Pitsenberger was a second-team All-Ivy League selection after racking up 448 rushing yards and eight touchdowns, which was good for second in the league. In 2022, Smith mentored two of the top running backs in the Ivy League in Pitsenberger and Tre Peterson, who c

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