Mickey Matthews
Matthews in July 2009
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| Sport(s) | Football |
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| Biographical details | |
| Born |
Andrews, Texas November 8, 1953 |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1978 | Kansas State (assistant) |
| 1980–1981 | West Texas State (DB) |
| 1982–1985 | UTEP (DB) |
| 1986 | Houston (DB) |
| 1987 | TCU (DB) |
| 1988–1989 | Southwest Texas State (DC) |
| 1990–1995 | Marshall (DC) |
| 1996–1998 | Georgia (DB, LB) |
| 1999–2013 | James Madison |
| 2016– | Coastal Carolina (DC) |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 109–71 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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FCS National Title (2004) 2 Atlantic 10 (1999, 2004) CAA (2008) |
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| Awards | |
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AFCA Coach of the Year (FCS – 2004) Eddie Robinson Award (1999, 2008) Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year (FCS – 2008) CAA Coach of the Year (2008) |
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Michael Chester "Mickey" Matthews (born November 8, 1953) is an defensive coordinator for the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers. He is the former head coach at James Madison University (JMU), serving from 1999 until 2013. During Matthews's tenure, James Madison achieved a Division I-AA national football championship in 2004. His overall coaching record at JMU was 109-71.
Matthews started his coaching career as an assistant coach at Lamar Consolidated High School, in Texas, working with offensive backs. During the 1978 season, he joined Kansas State University, as an assistant coach. During the 1980–1981 seasons, he served as a defensive coordinator of his alma mater West Texas State. From 1982–1985, he became an assistant coach at UTEP. In the following 1986 season, he worked at the University of Houston as a defensive backs coach. In the 1987 season, he held that same position at Texas Christian University. During the 1988 and 1989 seasons, he coached at Southwest Texas State. From 1990–1995, he served as the assistant head coach at Marshall University. From 1996–1998 he coached Defensive Backs & Linebackers at the University of Georgia, which won two bowl games under his tenure. While at Georgia he coached Champ Bailey, the nation's top defender and Washington's first-round choice in the 1999 NFL draft. Matthews left Georgia in January 1999 to become Defensive Coordinator at Baylor University but resigned two months later to take the Head Coaching position at James Madison University.
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