Colorado University Athletics
Football
- Title:
- Offensive Technical Intern
Travis Smith is in his first year as the offensive technical intern, joining the Colorado staff just days before the start of fall camp in August 2011.
Smith, 25, came to Colorado from Santa Monica Junior College, where he was an assistant football coach, tutoring the tight ends and also assisting with the defensive linemen. ?
He graduated from Cal-Poly San Luis Obispo in 2009, earning his bachelor’s degree in Kinesiology.?? His playing career for Cal Poly was limited as he underwent three shoulder surgeries while a player there.
He was born December 10, 1985 in Walnut Creek, Calif., and graduated from Foothill High School in Pleasanton, Calif., where he was a four-year letterman playing both linebacker and fullback.? His father, Richard, played collegiately at Fresno State and is the linebacker coach for the National Football League’s Denver Broncos; he spent two years with the Carolina Panthers under coach John Fox and came to Denver with him when the Broncos hired him for the 2011 season.
