Greg Mattison
Mattison in June 2011
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Defensive line coach |
| Team | Michigan |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Annual salary | $750,000 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
November 15, 1949 Madison, Wisconsin |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin–La Crosse 1971 |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1971–1973 | Riverdale HS (WI) |
| 1974–1975 | Logan HS (WI) |
| 1976 | Illinois (GA) |
| 1977 | Cornell (DL) |
| 1978–1980 | Northwestern (DL) |
| 1982–1984 | Western Michigan (DL) |
| 1985–1986 | Western Michigan (DC) |
| 1987–1988 | Navy (DL) |
| 1989–1991 | Texas A&M (DL) |
| 1992–1994 | Michigan (DL) |
| 1995–1996 | Michigan (DC) |
| 1997–2001 | Notre Dame (DC) |
| 2002–2004 | Notre Dame (DL) |
| 2005–2007 | Florida (Co-DC/DL) |
| 2008 | Baltimore Ravens (LB) |
| 2009–2010 | Baltimore Ravens (DC) |
| 2011–2013 | Michigan (DC) |
| 2014 | Michigan (DC/LB) |
| 2015–present | Michigan (DL) |
Greg Mattison (born November 15, 1949) is an American football coach and former player. He is the current defensive line coach at the University of Michigan. Mattison was formerly the defensive coordinator for the Baltimore Ravens of the National Football League (NFL). He also served as co-defensive coordinator and defensive line coach for at the University of Florida for three years. At Florida he was a member of the 2006 BCS National Championship team.
On January 18, 2011, the Ravens announced that Mattison had accepted the defensive coordinator position at the University of Michigan. In returning to Michigan, Mattison reunited with Michigan head coach Brady Hoke, who is a close friend of Mattison's and was the Wolverines' defensive ends coach during Mattison's previous stint as defensive coordinator at Michigan. His contract at Michigan makes him among the highest paid college football assistant coaches in the country. He was selected as one of five finalists for the 2011 Broyles Award.
On January 26, 2009, Mattison was promoted to defensive coordinator of the Baltimore Ravens; he was the successor of former defensive coordinator Rex Ryan.
He was the team's linebackers coach, a job he got in part due to his relationship with John Harbaugh. During his time at WMU, Mattison coached alongside John Harbaugh, who was a graduate assistant and assistant coach. Harbaugh, then head coach of the Baltimore Ravens, hired Mattison to coach the Ravens linebackers. The job was Mattison's first NFL coaching position in 37 years of coaching football.
At Florida, he served as co-coordinator of the defense with Charlie Strong. Charlie Strong also served as assistant Head Coach and Linebackers coach while Greg also pulled double duty working as Defensive lines coach. During this time he was a part of a successful defense and team that went overall 31-8 in games played and won a national championship by beating Ohio State 41-14 in the BCS Championship game in 2006.
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