Football
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Matt Weiss is in his second season with the Michigan Football program, having been hired on February 22, 2021. Weiss is in his second year as the Robert McCollum Family Quarterbacks Coach and is in his first year as Sanford Robertson Co-Offensive Coordinator in 2022.
Weiss came to Ann Arbor after coaching as a member of the Baltimore Ravens staff for 12 seasons (2009-20). He worked previously with head coach Jim Harbaugh at Stanford, where he was a graduate assistant coach with the defense and special teams (2005-08).
Under Weiss' tutelage in 2021, starter Cade McNamara secured third team All-Big Ten honors while guiding the Wolverines to 12 wins and the NCAA's No. 16 scoring offense (35.8 points per game). McNamara threw 15 touchdowns to six intercpetions, including a 12:4 ratio in Big Ten play. He completed 64.2 percent of his passes for 2,576 yards (No. 11 single-season all-time) on the way to the Big Ten title. Through 15 starts (14 under Weiss), McNamara has the top career completion percentage (65.2) in U-M history. Weiss also saw freshman J.J. McCarthy develop as the backup, producing seven touchdowns (two rushing) on 59 attempts.
An assistant coach under Ravens’ coach John Harbaugh, Weiss mentored the running backs the past two seasons (2019-20) after working as an assistant with the receivers (2018) and quarterbacks (2016-17). He also served as the team’s football strategy coordinator in 2018.
There have only been four teams to rush for 3,000 yards during an NFL season and two of them have been the Ravens with Weiss leading the run game. The 2019 Ravens (3,296 yards) broke the league mark that stood for more than three decades (3,165 yards) after being set by the 1978 New England Patriots. Baltimore's encore performance in 2020 (3,071 yards) ranks fourth all-time. The Ravens averaged 5.5 yards per carry as a team in both seasons, ranking fourth and fifth all-time. Those were the highest marks since the 2006 Atlanta Falcons averaged 5.5 yards per carry as a team.
Baltimore set six franchise records on offense in 2019: touchdowns (64), points (531), net yards (6,521), rushing yards (3,296), first downs (386) and fewest turnovers (15). Weiss helped running back Mark Ingram earn his third Pro Bowl bid after rushing for 1,018 yards while setting a team record with 15 total touchdowns (10 rushing, 5 receiving).
The 2020 Ravens became the sixth team in league history to average 200 yards rushing and passing on a per-game basis. The Ravens were the best in the league at yards per rush attempt (5.5) and first downs by rushing (166) while listing eighth in the NFL in yards per play (5.9). Rookie back J.K. Dobbins led the league in yards per carry (6.01 avg.), set the Ravens’ rookie record with nine touchdowns while rushing for 925 yards as the team averaged a league-high 191.9 yards per game, more than 23 yards more than the next-closest team. The team's 24 touchdowns on the ground ranked third.
Prior to working with the Ravens’ offense, Weiss held a variety of roles on defense (2009-15), including cornerbacks coach, assistant linebackers coach and quality control. He joined the Baltimore staff in 2009 as the head coach’s assistant and worked with then-secondary coach Chuck Pagano. The Ravens’ defense ranked top three in the NFL in fewest points allowed three consecutive years (2009-11), tying an NFL record, while Weiss also helped coach four Pro Bowl performers.
As cornerbacks coach, Weiss helped the pass defense improve from 23rd the prior year to 10th in 2015, while the defense listed eighth in the league. The prior season he worked with the linebackers (2014), helping OLB Elvis Dumervil set the franchise sack record (17) and earn Pro Bowl honors. Dumervil and Terrell Suggs combined to produce the NFL’s top sack tandem (29).
In addition to his roles with the Ravens’ offense and defense, Weiss was responsible for leading the analytics department of the coaching staff, scripting situational practice periods and advising the staff on in-game management decisions. From 2009 to 2018, Baltimore’s decision-making led to more successful coaching challenges (42) than the NFL average of 24 per team during that span. Additionally, with the help of Weiss, the Ravens twice used an intentional safety to win a game, including their Super Bowl XLVII victory.
At Stanford, Weiss worked with the defense and special teams as a graduate assistant coach. He worked with the defensive backs (2005), linebackers (2006), defensive line (2007) and defense/special teams (2008). Weiss earned a master’s degree in liberal arts during his time in Palo Alto. He was responsible for opponent breakdowns, tendency and scouting reports for the staff and he also ran the scout teams during practice.
A New Haven, Connecticut native, Weiss began his coaching career as an assistant at Smyrna (Tenn.) High School in 2003-04 after a four-year playing career at Vanderbilt (2001-04). He graduated magna cum laude in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in economics and human and organizational development.
Matt and his wife, Melissa, have a son, Bowen (Bo), and two daughters, Zuzana (Zuzu) and Noema.
| Season | School/Team | Title/Position Coached |
| 2022- | Michigan | Quarterbacks/Co-Offensive Coordinator |
| 2021 | Michigan | Quarterbacks |
| 2019-20 | Baltimore Ravens | Running Backs |
| 2018 | Baltimore Ravens | Asst. Wide Receivers/Football Strategy Coordinator |
| 2016-17 | Baltimore Ravens | Asst. Quarterbacks |
| 2015 | Baltimore Ravens | Cornerbacks |
| 2014 | Baltimore Ravens | Linebackers |
| 2009-13 | Baltimore Ravens | Defensive Assistant |
| 2009 | Baltimore Ravens | Head Coach's Assistant |
| 2008 | Stanford | Graduate Assistant, Defense/Special Teams |
| 2007 | Stanford | Graduate Assistant, Defensive Line |
| 2006 | Stanford | Graduate Assistant, Linebackers |
| 2005 | Stanford | Graduate Assistant, Defensive Backs |
| 2003-04 | Smyrna High School | Assistant Coach |
THE WEISS FILE
Full Name: Matt Weiss
Birthdate: March 1, 1983
Hometown: New Haven, Conn.
High School: Hopkins School
College: Vanderbilt, 2005 (economics, human and organizational development)
