Oregon State is promoting from within for the program’s next head football coach.
The Beavers announced Tuesday evening that defensive coordinator Trent Bray would be elevated to head coach following the departure of Jonathan Smith, who left Corvallis to take up the head coaching gig at Michigan State.
Smith agreed to become the head coach of the Spartans shortly after the conclusion of Oregon State’s regular season, which ended on a loss in the Civil War rivalry game against Oregon.