Oberlin College Athletics

Roseanna Smith joined Oberlin College in 2021 and enters her fourth season on staff in 2024. 

Smith has guided the RBs for four years, added coaching responsibilities on special teams, and led program operations, recruiting, fundraising and events.  In August 2024, she was promoted to program Chief of Staff and earned a Level 1 certification from USA Weightlifting.

Smith was was selected to the 2023 WeCoach | NCAA Coaches Academy in Denver, 2022 NFL's Women's Careers in Football Forum, 2023 NCAA Women Leaders in College Sports Institute for Advancement, and was one of 12 NCAA coaches to present to the Minnesota Vikings staff at its inaugural Diversity Summit.

Before Oberlin, Smith spent 10 years working as a Georgia high school football coach.  Smith has more than 15 years of extensive professional sports marketing leadership, premium sponsor activation with Fortune 500 brands such as adidas and Rolex, and strategic national business operations in golf industry events and fundraising.

As a football player, she was an All-World All-Star selection at center on the inaugural 2010 IFAF Women's World Championships United States national women’s tackle team, won two IWFL national championships in Atlanta (2007, 2011), and lettered in high school football.  She graduated with masters and bachelors degrees from the University of Iowa.