# Matt Viator

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**Matt Viator** (born September 3, 1963) is an American [football](/source/American_football) coach. He is currently in his second stint as the head football coach at [McNeese State University](/source/McNeese_State_University), having previously served there from 2006 to 2015 and then the [University of Louisiana at Monroe](/source/University_of_Louisiana_at_Monroe) from 2016 to 2020.[1][2] Viator began his coaching career in 1986 as a high school assistant coach, before leading several high schools in southwestern Louisiana as a head coach. He moved to the college ranks at McNeese State in 1999 and was elevated to head coach four games into the 2006 season after the firing of [Tommy Tate](/source/Tommy_Tate_(American_football)).[3]

## Coaching career

### High school

Viator led Jennings High School to a Louisiana Class 3A State Championship in 1992, the school's first, and only, state title since 1939.

## References

1. Hunsucker, Adam (December 15, 2015). ["Viator "excited" to be ULM's new football coach"](https://web.archive.org/web/20210121051310/https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/sports/college/ulm/2015/12/15/viator-excited-ulms-new-football-coach/77378034/). *The News-Star*. Archived from [the original](https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/sports/college/ulm/2015/12/15/viator-excited-ulms-new-football-coach/77378034/) on January 21, 2021. Retrieved December 16, 2015.

1. Hunsucker, Adam (December 15, 2015). ["Viator ready for challenge of rebuilding ULM"](https://web.archive.org/web/20220407204058/https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/sports/college/ulm/2015/12/15/viator-ready-challenge-rebuilding-ulm/77390958/). *The News-Star*. Archived from [the original](https://www.thenewsstar.com/story/sports/college/ulm/2015/12/15/viator-ready-challenge-rebuilding-ulm/77390958/) on April 7, 2022. Retrieved December 16, 2015.

1. Stark, Cody (October 5, 2006). ["McNeese fires Tate after only 4 games"](http://itemonline.com/sports/x212530871/McNeese-fires-Tate-after-only-4-games?keyword=topstory). *The Huntsville Item*. Retrieved January 11, 2012.

## External links

- [McNeese profile](https://mcneesesports.com/staff-directory/matt-viator/681)
- [Louisiana profile](https://ragincajuns.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/matt-viator/1459)
- [Louisiana–Monroe profile](https://ulmwarhawks.com/sports/football/roster/coaches/matt-viator/587)

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