Matt Viator
Matt Viator (born September 3, 1963) is an American football coach. He is currently the head football coach at the University of Louisiana at Monroe.[1][2] He served as the head football coach at McNeese State University from 2006 to 2015. He began his coaching career in 1986 as a high school assistant coach, before leading several high schools in southwestern Louisiana as a head coach. Viator began his college coaching career at McNeese State in 1999, and was elevated to head coach four games into the 2006 season after the firing of Tommy Tate.[3]
![]() Viator at 2018 Sun Belt Media Day | |
Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Louisiana–Monroe |
Conference | Sun Belt |
Record | 19–29 |
Biographical details | |
Born | September 3, 1963 |
Alma mater | McNeese State University |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1986–1988 | Sam Houston HS (LA) (assistant) |
1989–1990 | Vinton HS (LA) |
1991–1994 | Jennings HS (LA) |
1995–1998 | Sulphur HS (LA) |
1999 | McNeese State (LB) |
2000–2006 | McNeese State (OC) |
2006–2015 | McNeese State |
2016–present | Louisiana–Monroe |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 97–62 (college) |
Tournaments | 0–5 (NCAA D-I playoffs) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
4 SLC (2006–2007, 2009, 2015) | |
Awards | |
3× SLC Coach of the Year (2006–2007, 2015) |
Head coaching record
High School
Viator led Jennings High School to a Louisiana Class 3A State Championship in 1992, the school's first, and only, state title since 1939.
College
Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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McNeese State Cowboys (Southland Conference) (2006–2015) | |||||||||
2006 | McNeese State | 6–2 | 5–1 | 1st | L FCS Playoffs First Round | ||||
2007 | McNeese State | 11–1 | 7–0 | 1st | L FCS Playoffs First Round | ||||
2008 | McNeese State | 7–4 | 4–3 | T–3rd | |||||
2009 | McNeese State | 9–3 | 6–1 | T–1st | L FCS Playoffs First Round | ||||
2010 | McNeese State | 6–5 | 5–2 | 2nd | |||||
2011 | McNeese State | 6–5 | 4–3 | 4th | |||||
2012 | McNeese State | 7–4 | 4–3 | T–4th | |||||
2013 | McNeese State | 10–3 | 6–1 | 2nd | L FCS Playoffs Second Round | ||||
2014 | McNeese State | 6–5 | 4–4 | T–6th | |||||
2015 | McNeese State | 10–1 | 9–0 | 1st | L FCS Playoffs Second Round | ||||
McNeese State: | 78–33 | 54–18 | |||||||
Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks (Sun Belt Conference) (2016–present) | |||||||||
2016 | Louisiana–Monroe | 4–8 | 3–5 | 7th | |||||
2017 | Louisiana–Monroe | 4–8 | 4–4 | T–5th | |||||
2018 | Louisiana–Monroe | 6–6 | 4–4 | 3rd (West) | |||||
2019 | Louisiana–Monroe | 5–7 | 4–4 | 3rd (West) | |||||
Louisiana–Monroe: | 19–29 | 15–17 | |||||||
Total: | 97–62 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
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References
- Hunsucker, Adam (December 15, 2015). "Viator "excited" to be ULM's new football coach". The News-Star. Monroe. Archived from the original on December 16, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
- Hunsucker, Adam (December 15, 2015). "Viator ready for challenge of rebuilding ULM". The News-Star. Monroe. Archived from the original on December 16, 2015. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
- Stark, Cody (October 5, 2006). "McNeese fires Tate after only 4 games". The Huntsville Item. Huntsville, Texas. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
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