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Wide Receivers Coach
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Jeff Reinebold comes to SMU after spending two seasons at Hawaii as defensive line coach.
Reinebold has more than 25 years of coaching experience in the collegiate and professional ranks. Reinebold began his coaching career as a wide receivers coach at Western Montana in 1981. From there, he had stints at Dartmouth, Montana and Pennsylvania before getting his first head coaching job at Rocky Mountain College in 1989, where his squad led the NAIA District 12 in passing offense and had its first non-losing season in six years. The next season, he took a job at New Mexico as the outside linebackers coach before jumping to the professional ranks.
He is best known for his involvement with the Canadian Football League and NFL Europe. He served as head coach for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in the CFL and senior manager of international player development for the Amsterdam Admirals in NFL Europe.
In the spring of 2007, two of Reinebold's protégés at Hawaii - Ikaika Alama-Francis and Melila Purcell - were selected in the 2007 NFL Draft. Alama-Francis was taken in the second round by the Detroit Lions, while Purcell was drafted by the Cleveland Browns in the sixth round.
The South Bend, Ind., native prepped at South Bend Clay High School where he garnered All-Indiana honors at running back on his way to winning the city scoring title and finishing second in school history in yards gained in a season. He attended the University of Maine and earned three letters as a defensive back on the Black Bears football team before completing his degree from Indiana in 1981. He graduated cum laude with a B.S. in general studies.
Reinebold is married to the former Ellie Taft and they have seven children: Sarah, Matthew, Zachariah, Emi, Megan, Jacob and Kekoa.
