Kentucky State fires veteran coach John L. Smith

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky State has fired veteran football coach John L. Smith and replaced him with defensive coordinator Kevin Weston on an interim basis.
The school added in a news release Tuesday that it will seek to “take the program to new heights.”
Smith, who previously coached Division I programs at Louisville, Michigan State and Arkansas, was 7-25 in three seasons with the Division II Thorobreds. KSU was 0-10 this past season. He went 4-7 in 2016 and won the South