Matt Linehan

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Matt Linehan
Current position
Title Offensive coordinator & quarterbacks coach
Team Idaho
Conference Big Sky Conference
Playing career
2014–2017 Idaho
2019 Salt Lake Stallions
Position(s) Quarterback
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2020 San Diego State (GA)
2021 Missouri (GA)
2022–2024 Idaho (WR)
2025–presentIdaho (OC/QB)

Matt Linehan is an American football coach and former player who is currently the offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for Idaho Vandals football team.

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Playing career

Linehan attended St. Mary's Preparatory in Orchard Lake Village, Michigan. [1] He committed to play college football at Idaho, where his father and two uncles had played. [2]

Linehan redshirted his true freshman season at Idaho after breaking his elbow. [3] He started ten of the Vandals' 11 games as a redshirt freshman and passed for 2,540 yards with 11 touchdown passes against 18 interceptions. [4] Linehan was named second-team All-Sun Belt Conference after passing for 3,184 yards and 19 touchdowns and was named the MVP of the 2016 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl in the Vandals' last bowl appearance. [5] As a redshirt senior, he completed 173 of 281 pass attempts for 2,056 yards with 16 touchdowns and four interceptions through nine games before suffering a season ending thumb injury. [6]

After going unselected in the 2018 NFL Draft, Linehan took part in a rookie minicamp with the Minnesota Vikings on a tryout basis but was not offered a contract. [7] He later played for the Salt Lake Stallions of the Alliance of American Football. [8]

Coaching career

Linehan began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at San Diego State in 2020. He was hired as an offensive graduate assistant at Missouri the following season. [9]

Linehan was hired as the wide receivers coach at Idaho in 2022. [10] He was promoted to offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach after the 2024 season. [11]

Personal

Linehan's father, Scott Linehan, played quarterback at Idaho and coached in the NFL and was the head coach of the St. Louis Rams. [2]

References

  1. ↑ "Idaho QB Matt Linehan follows in father's footsteps". The Spokesman-Review . September 11, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Vandals nab son of ex-QB Scott Linehan". Moscow-Pullman Daily News . Retrieved September 3, 2025.
  3. ↑ Drew, David (September 8, 2014). "Idaho football QB Matt Linehan, son of Dallas Cowboys coordinator, could give Western Michigan headaches Saturday". MLive.com . Retrieved September 3, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Idaho Vandals: players to watch". Idaho Statesman . Retrieved September 3, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Washington State's Luke Falk, Idaho's Matt Linehan added to Manning Award watch list". Associated Press. August 16, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Vandals have two weeks to get injured QB Matt Linehan back on field". The Spokesman-Review . November 6, 2017. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Vikings Invite 31 Rookies to Minicamp on Tryout Basis". Vikings.com}. May 4, 2018. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Linehan, Rehkow make final roster for Salt Lake Stallions". Moscow-Pullman Daily News . February 1, 2019. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Locally: Former Idaho quarterback Matt Linehan hired as Vandals' wide receivers coach; Tyson Degehnart settles into role at Boise State". The Spokesman-Review . January 31, 2022. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
  10. ↑ Wiebe, Stephan (May 26, 2022). "Idaho receivers coach Matt Linehan's football journey comes 'full circle'". The Spokesman-Review . Retrieved September 3, 2025.
  11. ↑ "Ford names Linehan as Idaho offensive coordinator". Moscow-Pullman Daily News . December 20, 2024. Retrieved September 3, 2025.
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