Matt Guerrieri - Football Coach - Indiana University Athletics

UCLA

Oct 25 (Sat)

TBA

Matt Guerrieri

Title:
Co-Defensive Coordinator/Safeties
Email:
football@indiana.edu

• Indiana head football coach Tom Allen announced the hiring of Matt Guerrieri (gurr-AIR-ee) as co-defensive coordinator and safeties coach on Feb. 17, 2023.

• "Matt fits in perfectly with our culture and aligns with our goals schematically," Allen said. "He is innovative, energetic, and a tremendous family man. We welcome Matt, his wife, Alex, and their son, James, to IU!"

• Spent 2012-21 at Duke University, including four years as defensive coordinator, and joined the Ohio State University staff in 2022.

• "I am excited for the opportunity to join Coach Allen and his staff at IU," Guerrieri said. "Coach Allen is a great coach and I look forward to working with him."

• Been a part of a College Football Playoff semifinalist, seven bowl teams, two 10-plus win teams, and five eight-plus win teams during his coaching career.

• Served as a senior advisor and analyst with the Buckeyes before being named defensive coordinator at the University of Tulsa on Jan. 6, 2023.

• With the Blue Devils, Guerrieri was co-defensive coordinator from 2018-21 and safeties coach from 2015-21. He worked as a graduate assistant his first three campaigns.

• One of three finalists for the 2020 American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Assistant Coach of the Year, a nominee for the 2018 Broyles Award, and one of 247Sports Top 30 Coaches Under 30 in 2018 and 2019.

• Mentored All-American Jeremy Cash and five additional all-conference honorees. The 2015 ACC Defensive Player of the Year, Cash also was a finalist for both the Nagurski Trophy (best defensive player in the nation) and the Thorpe Award (top defensive back in the nation).

• Guerrieri's 2019 secondary propelled Duke to third in the ACC in pass defense, allowing just 199.0 yards per game, and a top-five finish in pass defense efficiency (123.8).

• The 2017 Blue Devils ranked among the conference leaders in opponent pass completion percentage (2nd), scoring defense (3rd), passing defense (3rd), and total defense (4th). They yielded 25-or-fewer points in 11-of-13 contests.

• Duke surrendered 20.23 points per game, the program's lowest total since 1977.

• Took part in the inaugural AFCA 30 Under 30 Coaches Leadership Institute in 2015.

• Before joining the Blue Devils, Guerrieri spent 2011 as a defensive graduate assistant at Lenoir-Rhyne University, where he helped coach the secondary and the outside linebackers.

• A three-year letterman at Davidson College, Guerrieri started at safety for the Wildcats. He was a senior captain and a three-time All-Pioneer Football League Honor Roll selection.

• Graduated from Davidson in 2011 with a degree in sociology. He earned his master's degree in Christian studies from Duke in 2014.

• Married to the former Alex Thompson and the couple has one son, James.

COACHING EXPERIENCE
Lenoir-Rhyne University
2011: Graduate Assistant
Duke University
2012-14: Graduate Assistant
2015-17: Safeties
2018-21: Co-Defensive Coordinator/Safeties
Ohio State University
2022: Senior Advisor & Analyst
Indiana University
2023-: Co-Defensive Coordinator/Safeties

PLAYING EXPERIENCE
Davidson College
2007-10: Defensive Back