Tracy Smith re-joined the Seahawks staff on February 24, 2021, as assistant special teams coach after spending three seasons with Houston (2018-20), serving as the special teams coordinator for the Texans during the 2020 season. Smith was previously with Seattle in 2011 as a coaching assistant.

Tracy Smith re-joined the Seahawks staff on February 24, 2021, as assistant special teams coach after spending three seasons with Houston (2018-20), serving as the special teams coordinator for the Texans during the 2020 season. Smith was previously with Seattle in 2011 as a coaching assistant.

Seattle's special teams was among the NFL's best in 2021 as punter Michael Dickson led the league with 40 punts inside the 20, a single-season franchise record. Kicker Jason Myers made a franchise-record 37 consecutive field goals from 11/11/19-9/26/21. It is tied for the fifth-longest streak in NFL history. Seattle scored two touchdowns on special teams, the unit's first time finding the end zone since 2017. Nick Bellore ranked third in the NFL with 15 special teams tackles.

With Smith's help, the 2019 Texans turned in one of the best all-around special teams performances in team history. Behind standout coverage units, the Texans led the NFL and set the single-season franchise record in opponent punt return average, allowing just 3.4 yards per return, and also led the league in opponent field position after kickoffs. P Bryan Anger finished second in the NFL in net punting average (44.5) and led the NFL in percentage of punts pinned inside the 20-yardline (53.3 percent) and tied for the longest punt in franchise history with a 71-yarder in Week 4. Houston also had multiple field goal blocks in a season for the fourth time in team history (2003, 2011, 2013), tying the club record.

In Smith's first season in Houston in 2018, the Texans made a big leap in a number of special teams categories. Houston led the NFL in opponent starting field position with an average of the 25.5-yardline after finishing 26th in 2017. The Texans also ranked second in the NFL in starting field position (31.3) in 2018 after ranking 32nd the previous season. K Ka'imi Fairbairn led the NFL and set single-season franchise records in points scored (150) and field goals made (37). He became the first kicker to hit game-winning field goals in overtime in consecutive games (Weeks 4-5) since David Akers in 2000.

Smith spent three seasons coaching the Oakland Raiders (2015-17), with the special teams unit ranking fourth in punts inside of the 20-yard line (102), fifth in punting average (46.6), fifth in net punting average (41.3), eighth in kickoff return yards (2,540), ninth in punt returns (110) and 10th in punting yards (10,904) over that span.

In 2017, the Raiders finished fifth in the NFL in punting average (47.4) and seventh in opponent kickoff return average (19.9). K Giorgio Tavecchio became the first player to hit two 50-plus yard field goals on his debut in NFL history, earning AFC Special Teams Player of the Week in Week 1.

In 2016, Raiders K Sebastian Janikowski kicked three field goals of 50-or-more yards to become the NFL's all-time leader with 55 field goals at that distance. Janikowski also concluded the season with 414 career field goals, the ninth-most in NFL history, and moved into 10th on the NFL's all-time scoring list with 1,799 points scored. Smith also helped P Marquette King earn Associated Press All-Pro second-team honors after recording 81 punts for 3,937 yards (48.6 avg.) while placing 34 punts inside the 20-yard line.

In his first season in Oakland, Smith helped the special teams unit lead the league in kickoff return yards (1,268) and total return yards (1,540). The Raiders allowed only 22.7 yards per kickoff return, improving from 32nd in the league in 2014 to 13th in 2015.The team also blocked five combined extra points and field goals that season, tied for the most by any NFL team since 1995, and King set a franchise record by pinning 40 of his 83 punts inside of the 20-yard line.

Prior to joining the Raiders, Smith spent 2012-14 with the San Francisco 49ers, helping produce one of the top units in the NFL. During that time span, the 49ers ranked in the top 10 in field goals made (ninth, 86) and opponents punt return average (ninth, 8.3). San Francisco also ranked in the top five in net punting average (fourth, 41.3) and gross punting average (third, 47.5).

The 2013 49ers special teams unit ranked second in the NFL according to Rick Gosselin's annual special teams rankings. K Phil Dawson set a franchise record with 27 consecutive field goals made while producing a career-best 140 points, 44 extra points made and 32 field goals made.

The 49ers fielded one of the strongest special teams units in the NFL in 2012. P Andy Lee led the NFL with a 43.2 net punting average while also ranking fifth in the league with a 48.0 punting average on his way to All-Pro honors.

Smith spent the 2011 season with the Seattle Seahawks as a coaching assistant. Prior to joining Seattle, Smith's first NFL experience came with the Cleveland Browns in 2010, where he helped Cleveland lead the NFL in kickoff coverage, finish fifth in punt coverage and sent KR Josh Cribbs to the Pro Bowl.

Before making the jump to the NFL, Smith coached tight ends at Utah State from 2006-08 and spent the 2005 season as the offensive graduate assistant at LSU, working with the team's quarterbacks.

Smith's first job in football came at Stephen F. Austin in 2004, where he worked with the tight ends in addition to serving as the team's video coordinator.

A native of Beaumont, Texas, Smith received a bachelor's degree in business while working for the athletic department's video staff at LSU. His father, Carl, is Seattle's associate head coach. Smith has a son, Troy, and he and his wife, Megan, are parents of one daughter, Lane, and a son, Bo.