Matt Weiss (American football)
Current position | |
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Title | Quarterbacks coach |
Team | Michigan |
Conference | Big Ten |
Biographical details | |
Born | New Haven, Connecticut | March 1, 1983
Playing career | |
2001–2004 | Vanderbilt |
Position(s) | Punter |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
Football | |
2003–2004 | Smyrna High School (asst.) |
2005–2008 | Stanford (GA) |
2009–2011 | Baltimore Ravens (HC asst.) |
2012–2013 | Baltimore Ravens (DQC) |
2014 | Baltimore Ravens (asst. LB/DQC) |
2015 | Baltimore Ravens (CB) |
2016–2017 | Baltimore Ravens (asst. QB) |
2018 | Baltimore Ravens (asst. WR/FSC) |
2019–2020 | Baltimore Ravens (RB) |
2021–present | Michigan (QB) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
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Matt Weiss (born March 1, 1983) is an American football coach who is the quarterbacks coach for the Michigan Wolverines. A native of Connecticut, he played college football for Vanderbilt and then served as a coach in multiple capacities for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL).[1]
Education[]
Weiss played football collegiately at Vanderbilt from 2001 to 2004, where he earned a degree in economics. While working as a Graduate Assistant at Stanford he earned a master's degree in liberal arts in 2008.[2]
Coaching career[]
Weiss was hired by the Baltimore Ravens in 2009 as an assistant to head coach John Harbaugh. Weiss was part of the Ravens' coaching staff that won Super Bowl XLVII.[3] In 2014, with Weiss as assistant linebackers coach, linebackers Terrell Suggs and Elvis Dumervil combined to be the NFL's top sack tandem with 29 sacks combined.[4] Inside Linebacker C. J. Mosley also became the first rookie in franchise history to be selected to the Pro Bowl.[5] In 2015, with Weiss as cornerbacks coach, the Ravens' pass defense improved from 23rd the prior year (337.4 YPG) to 10th overall (233.6 YPG). [6]
He was named running backs coach on February 1, 2019.[7] In 2019, the Ravens broke the NFL all-time single season rushing record with 3,296 rushing yards. [8] During that same season, running back Mark Ingram averaged a career high 5.0 yards per carry, was selected to the Pro Bowl,[9] and tied a franchise record with 15 touchdowns.[10] In 2020, running back J. K. Dobbins led all NFL running backs in yards per carry [11] and became the first running back to average 6.0 yards per carry or more since Alvin Kamara in 2017.[12]
He missed the team's week 12 game in 2020 against the Pittsburgh Steelers due to an illness.[13]
Personal[]
Weiss and his wife, Melissa, have three children, a son, Bowen, and two daughters, Zuzana and Noema.[14]
References[]
- ^ Ablauf, Dave; Shepard, Chad (February 22, 2021). "Harbaugh Names Matt Weiss as Michigan's Quarterbacks Coach". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
- ^ Chengelis, Angelique S. "Ravens' Matt Weiss to coach Michigan quarterbacks; Wolverines shuffle Bellamy, Helow". The Detroit News. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- ^ "Super Bowl XLVII - San Francisco 49ers vs. Baltimore Ravens - February 3rd, 2013". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
- ^ Zrebeic, Jeff (January 2, 2015). "Though competitive, Terrell Suggs and Elvis Dumervil 'all about helping the Ravens'". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
- ^ Hensley, Jamison (December 24, 2014). "CJ Mosely makes Ravens Pro Bowl History". espn.com. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
- ^ Baltimore Ravens (September 1, 2020). "Baltimore Ravens 2020 Media Guide" (PDF). nfl.com. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
- ^ Stevens, Matthew (February 1, 2019). "Ravens promote Matt Weiss to RB coach". USAToday.com. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
- ^ Hensley, Jamison (December 29, 2019). "Ravens set rushing record for yards in a season". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
- ^ NFL (December 17, 2019). "NFL reveals rosters for 2020 Pro Bowl in Orlando". NFL.com. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
- ^ BaltimoreRavens.com. December 23, 2019 https://www.baltimoreravens.com/news/all-the-records-the-ravens-set-or-broke-in-week-16/. Retrieved March 26, 2021. Missing or empty
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(help) - ^ ESPN.com. January 23, 2021 https://www.espn.com/nfl/stats/player/_/stat/rushing/season/2020/seasontype/2/table/rushing/sort/yardsPerRushAttempt/dir/desc. Retrieved March 26, 2021. Missing or empty
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(help) - ^ ESPN.com. January 23, 2017 https://www.espn.com/nfl/stats/player/_/stat/rushing/season/2017/seasontype/2/table/rushing/sort/yardsPerRushAttempt/dir/desc. Retrieved March 26, 2021. Missing or empty
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(help) - ^ Hensley, Jamison (December 1, 2020). "Sources: Baltimore-Pittsburgh game still on for Wednesday despite 2 more Ravens positive for COVID-19". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
- ^ "Ravens". www.baltimoreravens.com. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- 1983 births
- Living people
- People from Cheshire, Connecticut
- Vanderbilt Commodores football players
- Michigan Wolverines football coaches
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