(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – The Nittany Lion logo taken before an NCAA college football game between Penn State and Delaware, Sept. 9, 2023, in State College, Pa. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(University Park, PA) Terry Smith is now the temporary interim head college football coach for Penn State University after their head football coach James Franklin was fired on Sunday. Smith is a graduate of Gateway School District in Monroeville and is originally from Aliquippa. Smith also graduated from Penn State University in 1991 with a business management degree and was a three-year wide receiver there. Smith had entered his position as Penn State University’s defensive recruiting coordinator and cornerbacks coach for his twelfth season and Penn State University’s associate coach for his fifth season.