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American football coach
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3 September 1963
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Introduction
Matt Viator (born September 3, 1963) is an American football coach. He is currently the head football coach at the University of Louisiana at Monroe. He served as the head football coach at McNeese State University from 2006 to 2015. He began his coaching career in 1986 as a high school assistant coach, before leading several high schools in southwestern Louisiana as a head coach. Viator began his college coaching career at McNeese State in 1999, and was elevated to head coach four games into the 2006 season after the firing of Tommy Tate.
Head coaching record
College
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | Coaches# | AP° | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McNeese State Cowboys (Southland Conference) (2006–2015) | |||||||||
| 2006 | McNeese State | 6–2 | 5–1 | 1st | L FCS Playoffs First Round | ||||
| 2007 | McNeese State | 11–1 | 7–0 | 1st | L FCS Playoffs First Round | ||||
| 2008 | McNeese State | 7–4 | 4–3 | T–3rd | |||||
| 2009 | McNeese State | 9–3 | 6–1 | T–1st | L FCS Playoffs First Round | ||||
| 2010 | McNeese State | 6–5 | 5–2 | 2nd | |||||
| 2011 | McNeese State | 6–5 | 4–3 | 4th | |||||
| 2012 | McNeese State | 7–4 | 4–3 | T–4th | |||||
| 2013 | McNeese State | 10–3 | 6–1 | 2nd | L FCS Playoffs Second Round | ||||
| 2014 | McNeese State | 6–5 | 4–4 | T–6th | |||||
| 2015 | McNeese State | 10–1 | 9–0 | 1st | L FCS Playoffs Second Round | ||||
| McNeese State: | 78–33 | 54–18 | |||||||
| Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks (Sun Belt Conference) (2016–present) | |||||||||
| 2016 | Louisiana–Monroe | 4–8 | 3–5 | 7th | |||||
| Louisiana–Monroe: | 4–8 | 3–5 | |||||||
| Total: | 82–41 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title | |||||||||