As Oregon State coach Jonathan Smith reveals his title related to the school soccer training carousel, the Beavers are making efforts to fend off doable suitors. Oregon State athletic director Scott Barnes stated Wednesday that securing a new contract for Smith is on the most sensible of his precedence listing as the varsity seems to safe Smith’s long-term long term in Corvallis, Oregon.
“Coach Smith and I have had ongoing conversations for more than a month regarding his future at Oregon State and our path forward for football specifically and our athletic department generally,” Barnes said in a statement. “He has embraced our short and long term plans. My No. 1 priority is providing him with a new contract and guaranteed compensation that will help continue the success of the football program that has benefitted Oregon State University and Beavers’ Athletics.
“Coach Smith and I’ve additionally mentioned our dedication to extending assistant coaches’ contracts and extending the wage pool for his workforce to retain the continuity of what they’ve all constructed in combination for Beaver Nation.”
In September, Smith was once known as a candidate for the emptiness at Michigan State after the Spartans fired coach Mel Tucker for reason. Power convention vacancies have since opened at Texas A&M and Mississippi State, and that listing will undoubtedly develop as dominoes fall within the training carousel.
The 44-year-old Smith has served as Oregon State’s coach since 2018. While he is 34-34 general on the helm, he and the program were on an upward trajectory. Smith won reward for main the Beavers to ten wins and an No. 17 AP Top 25 end in 2022, marking Oregon State’s first 10-win season since 2006 and absolute best AP end since 2000. The Beavers’ good fortune has persevered in 2023. Oregon State sits 8-3 and No. 16 within the College Football Playoff Rankings coming into its season finale in opposition to Oregon in Week 13.
Smith’s good fortune comes amid a cloud of uncertainty for Oregon State, which has now not won a call for participation to every other energy convention because the Pac-12 prepares to lose 10 of its 12 individuals to different leagues in 2024. Washington State is the one different Pac-12 leftover. Sources informed CBS Sports’ Dennis Dodd that two final Pac-12 colleges just lately engaged with the Mountain West on a possible scheduling partnership as they navigate uneven realignment waters.
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