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Smolko was given the name "Ivan" by his position coach, Mike Tice, during the Jaguars 2007 training camp. The nickname received widespread exposure when head coach Jack Del Rio erroneously referred to Smolko as Ivan during his postgame press conference following the preseason finale. Jaguars.com senior editor Vic Ketchman has taken to calling him "Ivan 'Don't Call Me Isaac' Smolko" on the team's website.
Smolko and his wife Katie reside in New Springfield, Ohio where he grew up with his father Joseph "Buckey" Smolko and mother Marie, as well as sisters Lori and Carrie.
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