Matt Barnes
Special Teams Coordinator at Maryland since 2026.
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- Seasons coached
- 18
- First season
- 2009
- Teams
- 8
Career
12 stints
- 2009Delaware ValleyRunning Backs
- 2010West Virginia WesleyanRunning Backs
- 2011West Virginia WesleyanOffensive CoordinatorQuarterbacks
- 2012–2014FloridaHead Coach
- 2015MichiganDefensive Analyst
- 2016–2017MarylandLinebackers
- 2018MarylandSpecial Teams CoordinatorLinebackers
- 2019–2020Ohio StateSpecial Teams CoordinatorAssistant Defensive BacksSafeties
- 2021Ohio StateDefensive Backs
- 2022–2023MemphisDefensive Coordinator
- 2024–2026Mississippi StateCo-Defensive CoordinatorLinebackersSafeties
- 2026–presentMarylandSpecial Teams Coordinator
Coaching tree
8 mentors, 15 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
23
- 2026Michael LocksleyCoached under · Maryland
- 2026Mike LocksleyCoached under · Maryland
- 2024–2026Jeff LebbyCoached under · Mississippi State
- 2022–2023Ryan SilverfieldCoached under · Memphis
- 2019–2021Ryan DayCoached under · Ohio State
- 2018Matt CanadaCoached under · Maryland
- 2016–2017D.J. DurkinCoached under · Maryland
- 2015Jim HarbaughCoached under · Michigan
- 2014Blake GideonMentored · Florida
- 2014Coleman HutzlerMentored · Florida
- 2014Kurt RoperMentored · Florida
- 2013Jeff ChoateMentored · Florida
- 2013Joker PhillipsMentored · Florida
- 2013–2014Mike PetersonMentored · Florida
- 2012Aubrey HillMentored · Florida
8 more, most recent shown first.
Succeeded
12
- 2026Andre PowellSucceeded · Maryland
- 2026Matt BrockSucceeded by · Mississippi State
- 2024Jordon HankinsSucceeded by · Memphis
- 2022Mike MacIntyreSucceeded · Memphis
- 2022Tim WaltonSucceeded by · Ohio State
- 2021Parker FlemingSucceeded by · Ohio State
- 2019John PapuchisSucceeded by · Maryland
- 2016Devin Bush Sr.Succeeded by · Michigan
- 2016Rick FinottiSucceeded by · Michigan
- 2015Jim McElwainSucceeded by · Florida
- 2014D.J. DurkinSucceeded by · Florida
- 2011Gary GoffSucceeded · West Virginia Wesleyan
Tenure
18 seasons
- Mississippi StateCoordinator · 2024–20263
- FloridaHead coach · 2012–20143
- MarylandCoordinator · 2018–2026 · current2
- MemphisCoordinator · 2022–20232
- Ohio StateCoordinator · 2019–20202
- MarylandPosition coach · 2016–20172
- Ohio StatePosition coach · 20211
- MichiganAnalyst · 20151
- West Virginia WesleyanCoordinator · 20111
- West Virginia WesleyanPosition coach · 20101
- Delaware ValleyPosition coach · 20091
Pipeline
4 of 6 coordinators
- 4 seasonsKurt Roperunder at Florida 2014 · head coach at Colorado2018
- 3 seasonsJeff Choateunder at Florida 2013 · head coach at Montana State2016
- 3 seasonsDan Quinnunder at Florida 2012 · head coach at Atlanta Falcons2015
- 0 seasonsD.J. Durkinunder at Florida 2012 · head coach at Florida2014
Moves
Nothing on the wire for Matt Barnes. The wire carries moves published since the register went live; the career above is the record before that.