caption regularrecord databasefootballcoach championships current_team coach_years birth_place coach_team awards article_title current_title playoff_record record birth_date pfrcoach image college name
smith 2009 as head coach of the chicago bears november 83-77 -- 0 smithlov01 nfc nfc championship -lrb- 2006 -rrb- north -lrb- 2005 , 2006 , 2010 -rrb- tampa bay buccaneers 1980 -- 1991 1992 1993 -- 1994 1995 1996 -- 2000 1981 2001 -- 2003 2004 -- 2012 2014 -- present -- 1982 1983 -- 1986 1987 1988 gladewater , texas big hall prep -lrb- assistant coach db/wr -rrb- tulsa -lrb- linebackers sandy coach -rrb- wisconsin -lrb- linebackers coach -rrb- arizona state -lrb- high linebackers coach -rrb- kentucky -lrb- linebackers coach -rrb- tennessee -lrb- school defensive backs coach -rrb- ohio state -lrb- defensive backs coach -lrb- -rrb- tampa bay buccaneers -lrb- linebackers coach -rrb- st. louis defensive rams -lrb- defensive coordinator -rrb- chicago bears -lrb- head coach coordinator -rrb- tampa bay buccaneers -lrb- head coach -rrb- -rrb- cascia ap -lrb- 2005 -rrb- nfl coy -lrb- 2005 -rrb- pfw nfl coy lovie smith
 head coach 3 -- 3 83-77 -- 0 8 may 1958 smitlo0 smith lovie quinnan3.jpg tulsa lovie smith
lovie smith

lovie lee smith -lrb- born -rrb- is the current head coach of the tampa bay buccaneers of the national football league .
he was previously the head coach of the chicago bears from 2004 to 2012 .
smith has been to the super bowl twice , as the defensive coordinator for the 2001 st. louis rams and as the head coach for the chicago bears in 2006 .
the bears fired smith on december 31 , 2012 when the team failed to reach the playoffs after achieving a 7 -- 1 record at the season 's halfway point .
