Matt House

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Matt House
LSU Tigers
Position:Defensive Coordinator
Personal information
Born:Harrison, Michigan
Career information
High school:
College:Michigan State
Career history
As a coach:
  • Michigan State (2001–2002)
    Graduate Assistant
  • North Carolina (2003–2004)
    Defensive Assistant
  • Gardner–Webb (2005)
    Defensive Line Coach
  • Buffalo (2006–2007)
    Defensive Backs Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
  • Carolina Panthers (2008)
    Assistant Special Teams Coach
  • St. Louis Rams (2009–2011)
    Defensive Quality Control Coach
  • Pittsburgh (2012)
    Secondary Coach
  • Pittsburgh (2013–2014)
    Defensive Coordinator
  • FIU (2015)
    Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Coach
  • Kentucky (2016)
    Inside Linebackers/Special Teams Coordinator
  • Kentucky (2017–2018)
    Defensive Coordinator/Inside Linebackers
  • Kansas City Chiefs (2019–2021)
    Linebackers Coach
  • LSU (2022-Present)
    Defensive Coordinator
Career highlights and awards

Matt House is an American football coach who is currently the linebackers coach for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). He will be the defensive coordinator at LSU beginning with the 2022 season.

Coaching career[]

House began his coaching career at his alma mater Michigan State University in 2001. After the 2002 season he went to the University of North Carolina where he served as an assistant defensive coach for two season. In 2005 he was able to run his own position room for the first time, coaching the defensive line for Gardner Webb. In 2006 he became the Buffalo Bulls’ defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator. He made the jump to the NFL in 2008 as an assistant special teams coach for the Panthers. For the next three years he coached in St. Louis under Steve Spagnuolo as a defensive quality control coach. In 2012 he returned to the college ranks working at Pitt as the team's secondary coach. The following year he was promoted to defensive coordinator where he stayed until the end of the 2014 season. In 2015 he served as FIUs defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach.[1] For 2016 he joined Mark Stoops Kentucky staff as the team's inside linebackers coach and special teams coordinator.[2] The following season he was promoted to defensive coordinator and remained in that position until the end of the 2018 season when he made his return to the National Football League.[3][4] In 2019, House became the Chiefs’ linebackers coach[5], joining a staff that would go on to win the Super Bowl that season.[1][6]

House reportedly turned down both the University of Tennessee and Auburn University to become their defensive coordinator following the 2020 season, and elected to remain in Kansas City for the 2021 season.[7]

In December 2021, House was named defensive coordinator at LSU by head coach Brian Kelly.[8]

Personal life[]

Matt and his wife, Jessi, have four children.

References[]

  1. ^ a b Keel, Fletcher. "Local ties to Super Bowl LIV". Wctv.tv. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  2. ^ Hale, Jon. "Matt House contract info released". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  3. ^ "Mark Stoops explains Matt House's decision to leave Kentucky for the NFL". Saturday Down South. 2019-02-12. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  4. ^ Hale, Jon. "UK DC Matt House reverses course, takes job with Kansas City Chiefs". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  5. ^ "Linebackers coach Matt House explains why he chose to join Chiefs". Chiefs Wire. 2019-05-31. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  6. ^ Editor, Angela Kellogg Cleaver Managing. "Harrison Alum Matt House to Coach at Superbowl LIV". Clare County Cleaver. Retrieved 2021-08-04.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  7. ^ Ragan, Zach (2021-02-15). "What a potential Matt House staff could look like at Tennessee". A to Z Sports Nashville. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
  8. ^ "Matt House Named LSU Football Defensive Coordinator". lsusports.net. December 28, 2021.
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