Tino Smith II

Biography

Tino Smith II is a wide receivers coach at Eastern Illinois University, hired as an assistant coach in January 2024 on head coach Chris Wilkerson's staff. He enters his third year coaching the position group for the 2026 season. At Eastern Illinois, Smith has coached Cooper Willman and DeAirious Smith, both of whom finished with more than 1,000 career receiving yards, and coached first team All-Conference wide receiver Cooper Willman, who set an EIU single game record with 291 yards against Gardner-Webb. Prior to Eastern Illinois, Smith served as a graduate assistant coach at Michigan State during the 2023 season, assisting the wide receivers coach. He was an assistant coach at Albion College from 2018-2022, where he served as assistant head coach and recruiting coordinator during the 2022 season. At Albion, Smith coached All-American wide receiver Justin Thomas and two Conference Offensive MVPs in Thomas (2021) and Mark Tocco (2022), helping the team reach the 2021 NCAA Division III playoffs while coaching five All-Conference wide receivers. Smith played football at Savannah State University as a team captain and four-year starter, earning his bachelor's degree in 2018. He is a native of Carmel, Indiana.