Jonathan Smith has bounced between two hotels since returning to the Willamette Valley on Nov. 29 as Oregon State head football coach, living out of a suitcase when not on the road recruiting.
His wife, Candice, and three children -- Robert, 9; Bella, 7; and Charles, 3 -- are back in Seattle where they lived the past four years while Smith was the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Washington. When exactly they will be able to find a home in or around Corvallis remains uncertain.
But amid the chaos of taking the lead job at his alma mater while navigating a new early signing period that starts Dec.