Coaches
Matt Barnes
His career from Wikipedia, each job checked against the team-season pages (✓ = a second source agrees, ≠ = they disagree)
Matt Barnes
Source: Wikipedia, read 2026-10-26
| Years | Team | Role | Title | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Delaware Valley (unknown) | Position | RB | not known |
| 2010 | West Virginia Wesleyan (unknown) | Position | RB | not known |
| 2011 | West Virginia Wesleyan (unknown) | OC | OC/QB | not known |
| 2012-2014 | Florida | GA | GA | Will Muschamp |
| 2015 | Michigan | Analyst | DA | Jim Harbaugh |
| 2016-2018 | Maryland | ST coord. | STC/LB | D.J. Durkin (2016-2017), Matt Canada (2018) |
| 2019 | Ohio State | ST coord. | STC/Asst. DB | Ryan Day*+ |
| 2020 | Ohio State | ST coord. | STC/S | Ryan Day*+ |
| 2021 | Ohio State | DC | DB/DC | Ryan Day*+ |
| 2022-2023 | Memphis | DC | DC✓ | Ryan Silverfield* |
| 2024- | Mississippi State | DC | Co-DC/S✓ | Jeff Lebby* |
Record
Confirmed coordinator seasons since 2005. FBS rankings
| Season | Team | Job | EPA/play | Points/poss. | Success | Year before | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Memphis | Defensive coordinator | 48 | 59 | 69 | 89 | 131 |
| 2023 | Memphis | Defensive coordinator | 57 | 78 | 70 | 48 | 133 |
| 2024 | Mississippi State | Co-defensive coordinator | 122 | 125 | 132 | 61 | 134 |
| 2025 | Mississippi State | Co-defensive coordinator | 107 | 100 | 94 | 122 | 136 |
Worked under
- Will Muschamp · Florida 2012-2014 (GA)
- Jim Harbaugh · Michigan 2015 (Analyst)
- D.J. Durkin · Maryland 2016-2017 (Position, ST coord.)
- Matt Canada · Maryland 2018 (Position, ST coord.)
- Ryan Day*+ · Ohio State 2019-2021 (DC, Other, Position, ST coord.)
- Ryan Silverfield* · Memphis 2022-2023 (DC)
- Jeff Lebby* · Mississippi State 2024-2026 (DC, Position)
His tree
Coaches who were on his staffs
No one on his staffs among the coaches we hold.
Coached together
- Gary Goff · West Virginia Wesleyan 2010 · him Position, them OC
- Kirk Campbell · West Virginia Wesleyan 2010 · him Position, them GA
- Brent Pease · Florida 2012-2013 · him GA, them OC, Position
- Brian White · Florida 2012-2014 · him GA, them Position
- Bush Hamdan · Florida 2012 · him GA, them Position
- D.J. Durkin · Florida 2012-2014 · him GA, them DC, Head coach, Position, ST coord.
- Dan Quinn · Florida 2012 · him GA, them DC, Position
- Travaris Robinson · Florida 2012-2014 · him GA, them Position
- Will Muschamp · Florida 2012-2014 · him GA, them Head coach
- Jeff Choate* · Florida 2013 · him GA, them Position, ST coord.
- Joker Phillips · Florida 2013 · him GA, them Other, Position
- Blake Gideon · Florida 2014 · him GA, them Analyst
- Coleman Hutzler · Florida 2014 · him GA, them Position, ST coord.
- Kurt Roper · Florida 2014 · him GA, them OC, Position
- D.J. Durkin · Michigan 2015 · him Analyst, them DC, Position
- Greg Mattison · Michigan 2015 · him Analyst, them DC, Position
- Jay Harbaugh · Michigan 2015 · him Analyst, them Position
- Jedd Fisch* · Michigan 2015 · him Analyst, them Other, Position
- Jim Harbaugh · Michigan 2015 · him Analyst, them Head coach
- T. J. Weist · Michigan 2015 · him Analyst, them Analyst
- Tim Drevno · Michigan 2015 · him Analyst, them OC, Position
- Tyrone Wheatley · Michigan 2015 · him Analyst, them Position
- Aazaar Abdul-Rahim · Maryland 2016-2018 · him Position, ST coord., them Position
- Andy Buh · Maryland 2016-2018 · him Position, ST coord., them DC
- Anthony Tucker · Maryland 2016-2017 · him Position, ST coord., them Position
- Chris Beatty · Maryland 2016-2018 · him Position, ST coord., them OC, Other, Position
- D.J. Durkin · Maryland 2016-2018 · him Position, ST coord., them Head coach
- Mike London · Maryland 2016 · him Position, ST coord., them Other, Position
- Pete Lembo* · Maryland 2016-2017 · him Position, ST coord., them Other, Position, ST coord.
- Walt Bell · Maryland 2016-2017 · him Position, ST coord., them OC, Position
- Tyler Bowen · Maryland 2017 · him Position, ST coord., them Position
- Bryan Stinespring · Maryland 2018 · him Position, ST coord., them Position
- Chuck Heater · Maryland 2018 · him Position, ST coord., them Position
- Matt Canada · Maryland 2018 · him Position, ST coord., them Head coach, OC, Position
- Wesley Beschorner · Maryland 2018 · him Position, ST coord., them Position
- Brian Hartline* · Ohio State 2019-2021 · him DC, Other, Position, ST coord., them Position
- Chandler Whitmer · Ohio State 2019 · him Other, ST coord., them GA
- Greg Mattison · Ohio State 2019-2020 · him Other, Position, ST coord., them DC
- Greg Studrawa · Ohio State 2019-2021 · him DC, Other, Position, ST coord., them Position
- Jeff Hafley · Ohio State 2019 · him Other, ST coord., them DC, Position
- Keenan Bailey · Ohio State 2019-2021 · him DC, Other, Position, ST coord., them Analyst
- Kevin Wilson · Ohio State 2019-2021 · him DC, Other, Position, ST coord., them OC, Position
- Larry Johnson · Ohio State 2019-2021 · him DC, Other, Position, ST coord., them Other, Position
- Mike Yurcich · Ohio State 2019 · him Other, ST coord., them Other, Position
- Ryan Day*+ · Ohio State 2019-2021 · him DC, Other, Position, ST coord., them Head coach
- Sean Duggan · Ohio State 2019 · him Other, ST coord., them GA
- Billy Fessler · Ohio State 2020-2021 · him DC, Position, ST coord., them GA
- Corey Dennis · Ohio State 2020-2021 · him DC, Position, ST coord., them Position
- Joe Bolden · Ohio State 2020-2021 · him DC, Position, ST coord., them Analyst
- Kerry Coombs · Ohio State 2020-2021 · him DC, Position, ST coord., them DC
- Paul Rhoads · Ohio State 2021 · him DC, Position, them Analyst
- Ricky Brown · Ohio State 2021 · him DC, Position, them Analyst
- Todd Fitch · Ohio State 2021 · him DC, Position, them Analyst
- Brad Salem · Memphis 2022-2023 · him DC, them Position
- Ryan Silverfield* · Memphis 2022-2023 · him DC, them Head coach
- Tim Cramsey · Memphis 2022-2023 · him DC, them OC, Position
- Anthony Tucker · Mississippi State 2024-2026 · him DC, Position, them Other, Position
- Coleman Hutzler · Mississippi State 2024-2025 · him DC, Position, them DC, Position
- Jeff Lebby* · Mississippi State 2024-2026 · him DC, Position, them Head coach
- Mike MacIntyre · Mississippi State 2025 · him DC, Position, them Analyst
- Paul Rhoads · Mississippi State 2025-2026 · him DC, Position, them Analyst
- Vincent Dancy · Mississippi State 2025-2026 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Kevin Johns · Mississippi State 2026 · him DC, Position, them Position
- Matt Brock · Mississippi State 2026 · him DC, Position, them DC, Position
- Matt Wells · Mississippi State 2026 · him DC, Position, them Analyst
- Philip Montgomery · Mississippi State 2026 · him DC, Position, them Other, Position
- Zach Arnett · Mississippi State 2026 · him DC, Position, them DC