Coaches
Matt Viator
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Matt Viator
alma mater (CFBD): McNeese
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986-1988 | Sam Houston HS (LA) (HS) | Other | assistant | not known |
| 1989-1990 | Vinton HS (LA) (HS) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 1991-1994 | Jennings HS (LA) (HS) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 1995-1998 | Sulphur HS (LA) (HS) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 1999 | McNeese | Position | LB | not known |
| 2000-2006 | McNeese | OC | OC | not known |
| 2006-2015 | McNeese | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
| 2016-2020 | UL Monroe | Head coach | Head coach✓ | himself |
| 2021-2024 | Louisiana | Analyst | QC | Billy Napier* (2021), Michael Desormeaux* (2022-2024) |
| 2025- | McNeese (unknown) | Head coach | Head coach | himself |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|
| Season | Head coach at | Record | AP before → after | Off EPA/play | Def EPA/play | SP+ | Team year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | UL Monroe | 4-8 | - → - | 117 | 117 | -21.3 | 15% wins | 128 |
| 2017 | UL Monroe | 4-8 | - → - | 41 | 129 | -12.9 | 33% wins | 130 |
| 2018 | UL Monroe | 6-6 | - → - | 59 | 113 | -10.9 | 33% wins | 130 |
| 2019 | UL Monroe | 5-7 | - → - | 40 | 122 | -10.7 | 50% wins | 130 |
| 2020 | UL Monroe | 0-10 | - → - | 118 | 120 | -18.4 | 42% wins | 127 |
| Season | Head coach below FBS | Level | Record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | McNeese State | FCS | 6-2 |
| 2007 | McNeese State | FCS | 11-1 |
| 2008 | McNeese State | FCS | 7-4 |
| 2009 | McNeese State | FCS | 9-3 |
| 2010 | McNeese State | FCS | 6-5 |
| 2011 | McNeese State | FCS | 6-5 |
| 2012 | McNeese State | FCS | 7-4 |
| 2013 | McNeese State | FCS | 10-3 |
| 2014 | McNeese State | FCS | 6-5 |
| 2015 | McNeese State | FCS | 10-1 |
| 2025 | McNeese | FCS | 5-7 |
| 2026 | McNeese | FCS | 2-3 |
Worked under
- Billy Napier* · Louisiana 2021 (Analyst)
- Michael Desormeaux* · Louisiana 2022-2024 (Analyst)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
On his staffs · 6
- Matt Kubik · UL Monroe 2016-2019 (OC)
- Matt Powledge · UL Monroe 2016-2017 (Position, ST coord.)
- Mike Collins · UL Monroe 2016-2019 (DC, Other, Position)
- Rob Sale · UL Monroe 2016 (Position)
- Scott Stoker · UL Monroe 2016-2020 (DC, Position)
- Eman Naghavi · UL Monroe 2017-2020 (OC, Position)
Coached together
- Scott Stoker · McNeese 1999 · him Position, them OC
- Lance Guidry · McNeese 2000-2015 · him Head coach, OC, them DC, Other, Position
- Jason Rollins · McNeese 2005-2006 · him Head coach, OC, them DC, Position
- Broderick Fobbs · McNeese 2007-2013 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Mike Collins · McNeese 2008-2012 · him Head coach, them DC, Other, Position
- Manny Michel · McNeese 2009-2015 · him Head coach, them Position
- Eman Naghavi · McNeese 2011-2015 · him Head coach, them Position
- Chris Hampton · McNeese 2012-2015 · him Head coach, them Position
- Rob Sale · McNeese 2012-2014 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Slade Nagle · McNeese 2012-2015 · him Head coach, them Position, ST coord.
- Matt Kubik · UL Monroe 2016-2019 · him Head coach, them OC
- Matt Powledge · UL Monroe 2016-2017 · him Head coach, them Position, ST coord.
- Mike Collins · UL Monroe 2016-2019 · him Head coach, them DC, Other, Position
- Rob Sale · UL Monroe 2016 · him Head coach, them Position
- Scott Stoker · UL Monroe 2016-2020 · him Head coach, them DC, Position
- Eman Naghavi · UL Monroe 2017-2020 · him Head coach, them OC, Position
- Billy Napier* · Louisiana 2021 · him Analyst, them Head coach
- Jeff Burris · Louisiana 2021-2023 · him Analyst, them Position
- Michael Desormeaux* · Louisiana 2021-2024 · him Analyst, them Head coach, OC
- Patrick Toney · Louisiana 2021 · him Analyst, them DC, Position
- Tim Leger · Louisiana 2021-2024 · him Analyst, them OC
- Jorge Munoz · Louisiana 2022-2024 · him Analyst, them Other
- LaMar Morgan · Louisiana 2022-2023 · him Analyst, them DC
- George Barlow · Louisiana 2024 · him Analyst, them Position
- Jim Salgado · Louisiana 2024 · him Analyst, them DC
- Scott Stoker · Louisiana 2024 · him Analyst, them Position