Lovie Lee Smith (born May 8, 1958) is an American football coach. He has served as the head coach of the Chicago Bears, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and Houston...

"Sources: Bucs to hire Lovie Smith". ESPN.com. Archived from the original on December 7, 2018. Retrieved February 4, 2019. "Lovie Smith expects to transform...

2003 season. Lovie Smith, hired on January 15, 2004, is the third post-Ditka head coach. Joining the Bears as a rookie head coach, Smith brought the highly...

former head coach of the NFL's Chicago Bears and Tampa Bay Buccaneers Lovie Smith was named Fighting Illini head coach, agreeing to a contract paying $21...

Jauron took over in 1999 until he was fired in 2003. Lovie Smith was hired on January 14, 2004. Smith was fired on December 31, 2012, after the Bears missed...

Since hiring Smith, all personnel moves made by general manager Jerry Angelo had an overwhelming degree of success. Under Lovie Smith, the Bears achieved...

his brief tenure. During the 2021 offseason, Lovie Smith was hired as the Texans' next head coach. Smith had previously served as associate head coach...

composer and arranger Lovie Gore (1904-1980), American politician Lovie Smith (born May 8, 1958), National Football League head coach Lovie Yancey (1912–2008)...

by his fellow players on the NFL Top 100 Players of 2014. Head coach Lovie Smith named David and Jonathan Casillas the starting outside linebackers to...

season in the National Football League, and the third under head coach Lovie Smith. The team improved on their 11–5 record from 2005 and finished with a...

head coach at the University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, succeeding Lovie Smith. The school said Bielema would receive a six-year contract that paid...

were fired. On January 1, 2014, Lovie Smith was hired as the new head coach of the Buccaneers, replacing Greg Schiano. Smith had previously spent 5 seasons...

Mackovic, Lou Tepper, Ron Turner, Ron Zook, Vic Koenning, Tim Beckman, Lovie Smith, and Bielema. Seven of coaches also won conference championships: Arthur...

(2013) Bill O'Brien (2014–2020) Romeo Crennel # (2020) David Culley (2021) Lovie Smith (2022) DeMeco Ryans (2023–present) # denotes interim head coach...

4–13 record as the team's head coach and promoted defensive coordinator Lovie Smith as the team's fifth head coach on February 7, 2022. The team traded away...

compete for the starting role against veteran Bruce Carter. Head coach Lovie Smith named Alexander the starting middle linebacker alongside outside linebackers...

21st in the National Football League (NFL) and their only season under Lovie Smith, following the firing of David Culley at the end of the 2021 season....

appearance since winning Super Bowl XX in the 1985 season. The Bears' Lovie Smith and the Colts' Tony Dungy became the first African-American head coaches...

Associated Press. He was the first Bears coach to be given the AP award since Lovie Smith in 2005 and the fifth in team history. Nagy is also the fifth coach in...

Brate to their active roster. Upon joining the active roster, head coach Lovie Smith named Brate the fifth tight end on the depth chart, behind Austin Seferian-Jenkins...

Noll and Bud Carson—that is where it came from, I changed very little." Lovie Smith mentions having played the system in junior high school during the 1970s...

Football Reference. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 4, 2014. "Lovie Smith Record, Statistics, and Category Ranks". Pro Football Reference. Sports...

Texans. After the Bears lost their chances of making a postseason berth, Lovie Smith chose to start Orton over Griese. Orton made his first start in nearly...

the National Football League (NFL), and the fourth under head coach Lovie Smith. The season officially began on September 9, 2007, against the San Diego...

Prior to the start of the 2004 season, the Bears fired Jauron and hired Lovie Smith, who declared Grossman the team's starting quarterback. Grossman was...

draft. He spent his first five years in St. Louis, where he excelled in Lovie Smith's Cover 2 base defense. He signed a five-year $7 million contract with...

National Football League (NFL) and the second and final under head coach Lovie Smith. The offseason was marked by the draft selection of All-American Florida...

as assistant head coach and defensive line coach, reuniting him with Lovie Smith, whom he worked with under head coach Tony Dungy in Tampa Bay from 1996...

charges related to his accusations. Soon after Culley's firing, coach Lovie Smith, who had previously had previous experience as the head coach of the...

team's chances in 2022. After the Texans performed poorly, head coach Lovie Smith was fired, making it the second consecutive season Houston fired its...