Matt Weiss (American football)

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Matt Weiss
Current position
TitleQuarterbacks coach
TeamMichigan
ConferenceBig Ten
Biographical details
Born (1983-03-01) March 1, 1983 (age 38)
New Haven, Connecticut
Playing career
2001–2004Vanderbilt
Position(s)Punter
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
2003–2004Smyrna High School (asst.)
2005–2008Stanford (GA)
2009–2011Baltimore Ravens (HC asst.)
2012–2013Baltimore Ravens (DQC)
2014Baltimore Ravens (asst. LB/DQC)
2015Baltimore Ravens (CB)
2016–2017Baltimore Ravens (asst. QB)
2018Baltimore Ravens (asst. WR/FSC)
2019–2020Baltimore Ravens (RB)
2021–presentMichigan (QB)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships

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[]

  1. ^ Ablauf, Dave; Shepard, Chad (February 22, 2021). "Harbaugh Names Matt Weiss as Michigan's Quarterbacks Coach". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. Retrieved February 22, 2021.
  2. ^ Chengelis, Angelique S. "Ravens' Matt Weiss to coach Michigan quarterbacks; Wolverines shuffle Bellamy, Helow". The Detroit News. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  3. ^ "Super Bowl XLVII - San Francisco 49ers vs. Baltimore Ravens - February 3rd, 2013". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved November 8, 2017.
  4. ^ Zrebeic, Jeff (January 2, 2015). "Though competitive, Terrell Suggs and Elvis Dumervil 'all about helping the Ravens'". baltimoresun.com. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  5. ^ Hensley, Jamison (December 24, 2014). "CJ Mosely makes Ravens Pro Bowl History". espn.com. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  6. ^ Baltimore Ravens (September 1, 2020). "Baltimore Ravens 2020 Media Guide" (PDF). nfl.com. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  7. ^ Stevens, Matthew (February 1, 2019). "Ravens promote Matt Weiss to RB coach". USAToday.com. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
  8. ^ Hensley, Jamison (December 29, 2019). "Ravens set rushing record for yards in a season". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 16, 2021.
  9. ^ NFL (December 17, 2019). "NFL reveals rosters for 2020 Pro Bowl in Orlando". NFL.com. Retrieved March 26, 2021.
  10. ^ 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 |title= (help)
  11. ^ 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 |title= (help)
  12. ^ 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 |title= (help)
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ "Ravens". www.baltimoreravens.com. Retrieved February 24, 2021.


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