Matt Viator

Head Coach at McNeese since 2025.

Seasons coached: 41
First season: 1986
Teams: 8

Career

11 stints

1986–1988Sam Houston HS (LA)Assistant Coach
1989–1990Vinton HS (LA)Head Coach
1991–1994Jennings HS (LA)Head Coach
1995–1998Sulphur HS (LA)Head Coach
1999McNeeseLinebackers
2000–2006McNeese StateOffensive Coordinator
2006–2015McNeese StateHead Coach
2016–2020UL MonroeHead Coach
2018–2019UL MonroeAssistant Coach
2021–2024LouisianaQuality Control Coach
2025–presentMcNeeseHead Coach

Coaching tree

2 mentors, 17 protégés, 4 branches — a branch is a protégé who went on to hold a head job.

MentorsProtégés

Became a head coachShowing up to 7 per row

Relationships

Coached under

22

7 more, most recent shown first.

Succeeded

6

Tenure

41 seasons

McNeese StateHead coach · 2006–201510
McNeese StateCoordinator · 2000–20067
UL MonroeHead coach · 2016–20205
LouisianaAnalyst · 2021–20244
Sulphur HS (LA)Head coach · 1995–19984
Jennings HS (LA)Head coach · 1991–19944
Sam Houston HS (LA)Position coach · 1986–19883
McNeeseHead coach · 2025–2026 · current2
UL MonroePosition coach · 2018–20192
Vinton HS (LA)Head coach · 1989–19902
McNeesePosition coach · 19991

Pipeline

3 of 11 coordinators

5 seasonsMike Collinsunder at UL Monroe 2016 · head coach at Neville HS (LA)2024
15 seasonsJason Rollinsunder at McNeese State 2006 · head coach at Southern2021
1 seasonLance Guidryunder at McNeese State 2013 · head coach at McNeese State2016

Moves

Nothing on the wire for Matt Viator. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.

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