Matt Viator

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Matt Viator
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Viator at 2018 Sun Belt Media Day
Current position
Title Head coach
Team McNeese
Conference Southland
Record78–33
Biographical details
Born (1963-09-03) September 3, 1963 (age 61)
Alma mater McNeese State University
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1986–1988Sam Houston HS (LA) (assistant)
1989–1990Vinton HS (LA)
1991–1994Jennings HS (LA)
1995–1998 Sulphur HS (LA)
1999 McNeese State (LB)
2000–2006McNeese State (OC)
2006–2015McNeese State
2016–2020 Louisiana–Monroe
2021–2024 Louisiana (QC)
2025–presentMcNeese
Head coaching record
Overall97–72 (college)
Tournaments0–5 (NCAA D-I playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
4 SLC (2006–2007, 2009, 2015)
Awards
3× Southland Coach of the Year (2006–2007, 2015)

Matt Viator (born September 3, 1963) is an American football coach. He is currently in his second stint as the head football coach at McNeese State University, having previously served there from 2006 to 2015 and then the University of Louisiana at Monroe from 2016 to 2020. [1] [2] Viator began his coaching career in 1986 as a high school assistant coach, before leading several high schools in southwestern Louisiana as a head coach. He moved to the college ranks at McNeese State in 1999 and was elevated to head coach four games into the 2006 season after the firing of Tommy Tate. [3]

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Coaching career

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.

Head coaching record

College

YearTeamOverallConferenceStandingBowl/playoffs
McNeese State Cowboys (Southland Conference)(2006–2015)
2006 McNeese State 6–25–11stL NCAA Division I First Round
2007 McNeese State 11–17–01stL NCAA Division I First Round
2008 McNeese State 7–44–3T–3rd
2009 McNeese State 9–36–1T–1stL NCAA Division I First Round
2010 McNeese State 6–55–22nd
2011 McNeese State 6–54–34th
2012 McNeese State 7–44–3T–4th
2013 McNeese State 10–36–12ndL NCAA Division I Second Round
2014 McNeese State 6–54–4T–6th
2015 McNeese State 10–19–01stL NCAA Division I Second Round
Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks (Sun Belt Conference)(2016–2020)
2016 Louisiana–Monroe 4–83–57th
2017 Louisiana–Monroe 4–84–4T–5th
2018 Louisiana–Monroe 6–64–43rd (West)
2019 Louisiana–Monroe 5–74–43rd (West)
2020 Louisiana–Monroe 0–100–75th (West)
Louisiana–Monroe:19–3915–24
McNeese Cowboys(Southland Conference)(2025–present)
2025 McNeese 0–00–0
McNeese State:78–3354–18
Total:97–72
      National championship        Conference title        Conference division title or championship game berth

References

  1. ↑ Hunsucker, Adam (December 15, 2015). "Viator "excited" to be ULM's new football coach". The News-Star. Monroe. Archived from the original on January 21, 2021. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  2. ↑ Hunsucker, Adam (December 15, 2015). "Viator ready for challenge of rebuilding ULM". The News-Star. Monroe. Archived from the original on April 7, 2022. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  3. ↑ 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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