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Robert Smartnick

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Defensive Line Coach/Dordt University/NAIA Football/Great Plains Athletic Conference @DordtFB #industystandard #defenderway

 Sioux Center, IA
Joined April 2012
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Winningest QB in program history gets beat out his senior year. Transfer? Nope. Check-out? Far from it. If the current landscape of college FB has you feeling discouraged, take 5 minutes to be inspired by Kolson's response to adversity. Legendary stuff. godordt.com/news/2025/12/11/…
Football | Kruse Reflects On Career - Dordt University

Football | Kruse Reflects On Career - Dordt University

For four years, the Dordt football program has been shaped in part by senior quarterback Kolson Kruse. His story began in the small town of Gowrie, Iowa—a community of about 900 people and home to...

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Dordt Football@DordtFB25 Sep 2025
Back to back #1 Team GPA in the country!!📚 #DefenderWay #IndustryStandard
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Dordt Football@DordtFB11 Aug 2025
Training camp ready🙌
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What a year for Defender Nation! #DefenderWay
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Dordt Football@DordtFB19 Sep 2024
The setting might change but the standards don't.😤 #IndustryStandard #DefenderWay
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Dordt Football@DordtFB9 Aug 2024
3 more days until we kickoff fall camp! The excitement is real!! #IndustryStandard
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If anyone asks, you're busy these following days. Your 2024 Defender Football schedule!
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Dordt Football@DordtFB4 Apr 2024
High school coaches...we'd love to have you on campus in a few weeks to watch practice, share a meal, and clinic with our staff. Info to register is below⬇️ #DefenderWay
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Dordt Football@DordtFB14 Mar 2024
Spring ball loading… #DefenderWay – at Sioux Center, IA
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Dordt Football@DordtFB16 Feb 2024
Defender Nation...we're headed to Liberia! March 2-12 members of the team and staff will be serving alongside One Body One Hope in Monrovia, Liberia. Join us at the Sioux Center Pizza Ranch Monday, Feb. 19 for a tip night where funds raised will help lower costs of the trip.
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Amber Salas@ambersalass22 Nov 2023
Dordt football head coach Joel Penner always had a vision, & now his team continues to mark milestones in the program’s journey!! We take a special look at @DordtFB ahead of the NAIA round 2 playoffs.. Our SF Champion tonight at 6 on @ktivsports! 🏈🏆
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Caught up with @dordtdefenders head coach @coach_penner postgame, here's what he had to say about the #23 @DordtFB win over #5 Morningside: @dordtuniversity @NAIAFBALL
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Stephen Leinen is your GPAC Special Teams Player of the Week! Leinen went 7-for-7 on PATs and 4-for-4 on field goals including a Dordt and GPAC record 58-yard field goal at the end of the half!
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Dordt Football@DordtFB15 Sep 2023
Counting down to kickoff.... #DefenderWay
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Dordt Football@DordtFB2 Sep 2023
We’re back. See you at 7pm Defender Nation! #DefenderWay #IndustryStandard
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Dordt Football@DordtFB22 May 2023
First prospect camp of the summer was a success! #DefenderWay
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Dordt Claims 2022-23 GPAC All-Sports Trophy godordt.com/news/2023/5/15/g…
Dordt Claims GPAC All-Sports Trophy - Dordt University

Dordt Claims GPAC All-Sports Trophy - Dordt University

(Monday, May 15; Sioux Center, Iowa) Dordt University Athletics has claimed the 2022-23 All-Sports Trophy, according to the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) league conference's announcement...

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Dordt Football@DordtFB12 May 2023
#DefenderWay
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Dordt Football@DordtFB24 Apr 2023
2023 Schedule. Fall can't come soon enough. #DefenderWay
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