Central Michigan University Athletics
Soccer
Jenna Smith
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- E-Mail Address:
- smith650@cmich.edu
- Year at CMU:
- 1st
- Hometown:
- Milford, Mich.
- Alma Mater/Year:
- 5th
- Experience:
- Aquinas '20
Jenna Smith joined the Central Michigan soccer coaching staff in January 2026 to round out the inaugural staff under Head Coach James DeCosemo.
Smith came to Mount Pleasant after four seasons with the women’s program at NAIA Aquinas College (MI), her alma mater. She was the head coach for the 2025 season after three seasons under DeCosemo’s leadership from 2022-24.
Aquinas’s 2025 campaign marked the eighth consecutive berth into the NAIA national tournament. Smith led the Saints to a 12-7-1 record and an opening-round victory in the NAIA bracket before falling, 2-0, to top-seed Marian University.
As an assistant at Aquinas, Smith aided DeCosemo to a 55-5-7 overall record, an unblemished 31-0-3 mark in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference, five total WHAC Championship, 10 NAIA All-American selections and the first two appearances in the NAIA tournament quarterfinals in program history in 2022 and 2023.
The Milford, Mich.-native transferred to compete for the Aquinas program in 2018 and 2019 after two national tournament berths at NJCAA Schoolcraft College, amassed a 34-9-2 record and the 2018 WHAC Tournament Championship with the Saints. As a senior, she started all 23 matches, tallied 23 points (six goals, 11 assists), two game-winning goals and logged 1,592 minutes on the pitch—second-most among field players.
She graduated from Aquinas in 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and sports management.
Immediately after graduation, Smith competed semi-professionally with AFC Ann Arbor from 2019-22.
Smith came to Mount Pleasant after four seasons with the women’s program at NAIA Aquinas College (MI), her alma mater. She was the head coach for the 2025 season after three seasons under DeCosemo’s leadership from 2022-24.
Aquinas’s 2025 campaign marked the eighth consecutive berth into the NAIA national tournament. Smith led the Saints to a 12-7-1 record and an opening-round victory in the NAIA bracket before falling, 2-0, to top-seed Marian University.
As an assistant at Aquinas, Smith aided DeCosemo to a 55-5-7 overall record, an unblemished 31-0-3 mark in the Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference, five total WHAC Championship, 10 NAIA All-American selections and the first two appearances in the NAIA tournament quarterfinals in program history in 2022 and 2023.
The Milford, Mich.-native transferred to compete for the Aquinas program in 2018 and 2019 after two national tournament berths at NJCAA Schoolcraft College, amassed a 34-9-2 record and the 2018 WHAC Tournament Championship with the Saints. As a senior, she started all 23 matches, tallied 23 points (six goals, 11 assists), two game-winning goals and logged 1,592 minutes on the pitch—second-most among field players.
She graduated from Aquinas in 2020 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration and sports management.
Immediately after graduation, Smith competed semi-professionally with AFC Ann Arbor from 2019-22.
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