MATT WEISS is in his 12th year with the Ravens and his second as the team's running backs coach. In 2019, the Ravens posted the best offensive campaign in team history and their second-straight AFC North title, helping the team to a franchise-best 14-2 record. Baltimore running backs contributed to a No. 1-ranked rushing attack (206.0 ypg) and scoring unit (33.2 ppg). The offense also finished No. 2 in total yards (407.6) per game and set a new NFL single-season rushing record (3,296), besting the 1978 Patriots (3,165). Baltimore became the first team ever to average 200 passing and 200 rushing yards per game in a season. The 2019 Ravens also set season team records for TDs (64), points (531), net yards (6,521), rushing yards (3,296), first downs (386) and fewest turnovers (15). RB Mark Ingram II led the RB unit, posting 15 total TDs (tying a Ravens' single-season team record and fourth best in NFL in '19) and rushed for 1,018 yards. RBs Gus Edwards (711 yards, 2 TDs) and Justice Hill (225 yards, 2 TDs) also made solid contributions to the top-ranked run game. In the last four seasons coaching on offense, Weiss has assisted with the quarterbacks (2016-17) and the wide receivers (2018) before becoming the team's running backs coach in 2019.Â
ADDITIONAL COACHING HIGHLIGHTS: Prior to joining the offense, Weiss coached on defense in a variety of roles, including cornerbacks coach, assistant linebackers coach and quality control. In addition to his offensive coaching responsibilities, in 2018 Weiss served as Baltimore's football strategy coordinator. In that role, he was responsible for leading the analytics department of the coaching staff, advising head coach John Harbaugh on game management and scripting situational practice periods. From 2009 (when Weiss began assisting with game management) to 2018, the Ravens produced the NFL's most successful coach challenges (42, including postseason; the league average during this span was 24). With Weiss' assistance, on drives beginning in the last 2 minutes of the first half, Baltimore ranked fifth in points differential in 2018 (+14), first in 2017 (+34) and second in 2016 (+31). The Ravens were the only team to rank in the Top 5 in this category in three-straight seasons. Additionally, with help from Weiss, Baltimore twice used an intentional safety to win a game, including the team's Super Bowl XLVII victory. Â
2009-19: (with Baltimore) 2019: Ravens set a new NFL single-season rushing record (3,296), besting the 1978 Patriots (3,165)...Baltimore became the first team ever to average 200 passing and 200 rushing yards per game in a season...Ravens also set season team records for TDs (64), points (531), net yards (6,521), rushing yards (3,296), first downs (386) and fewest turnovers (15)...RB Mark Ingram II (1,018 rushing yards and 15 total TDs) earned his third Pro Bowl nod. 2018: Boasting the NFL's No. 2 rushing attack (152.6 ypg), the Ravens racked up the second-most rushing yards (2,441) in franchise history and produced a then-franchise-record 5,999 total yards...WR Willie Snead IV led the team with 62 catches (651 yards), while WR John Brown tallied a team-high 715 yards and 5 TDs on 42 receptions, en route to Baltimore's AFC North title. 2017: Baltimore finished the year ranking ninth overall in points per game (24.7), the third-highest mark in franchise history. 2016: Transitioned to the offensive side of the ball for the first time and worked with then-QBs coach Marty Mornhinweg and the quarterbacks...QB Joe Flacco set a franchise record and career high in passing yards (4,317), completions (436) and completion percentage (64.9). 2015: Promoted to cornerbacks coach and helped lead the NFL's eighth-ranked defense (337.4 ypg)...The Ravens' pass defense improved from 23rd the prior year to 10th overall (233.6 ypg). 2014: Promoted to assistant LBs coach and helped OLB Elvis Dumervil set a franchise sack record (17) and earn Pro Bowl honors...OLBs Terrell Suggs and Dumervil combined to produce the NFL's top sack tandem (29)...LB C.J. Mosley also became the first rookie in team history to earn Pro Bowl honors. 2013: Suggs (10) combined with Dumervil (9.5) to produce 19.5 sacks, and ILB Daryl Smith was one of just three NFL defenders to post at least 100 tackles, 5 sacks and 3 INTs...Smith's 19 PD set a team record by a LB. 2012: Responsible for breaking down opponents' tendencies, self-scouting and assisting in the secondary...Also responsible for advising John Harbaugh on game management...Ravens won Super Bowl XLVII, defeating the 49ers, 34-31, and sealing the game with an intentional safety. 2011: Among other duties as the head coach's assistant, Weiss broke down opponent tendencies, created scouting reports and assisted with the secondary...Ravens allowed the NFL's fewest passing TDs with (11)...Defense allowed the third-fewest points (16.6 ppg) in the NFL for the fourth-straight season, tying an NFL record of being in the Top 3 for consecutive years. 2010: Included in responsibilities as the head coach's assistant, Weiss handled defensive quality control duties and worked with the LBs in practice and meetings...Ravens allowed the NFL's third-fewest points (16.9 ppg) for the third-consecutive year...Lewis (12th) and Suggs (fourth) earned a trip to the Pro Bowl. 2009: Joined Baltimore as the head coach's assistant and worked with then-secondary coach Chuck Pagano...Defense ranked No. 3 overall (300.5 ypg)...S Ed Reed earned his sixth Pro Bowl.
2005-08: (with Stanford) Earned a master's in liberal arts from Stanford while also serving as a G.A. under then-head coach Jim Harbaugh...Worked with the defense and special teams.
COLLEGE: Played football at Vanderbilt (2001-04), where he earned a degree in economics...Weiss also earned a master's degree in liberal arts from Stanford (2008).
PERSONAL: While an assistant coach at Smyrna (TN) HS from 2003-04, established a tutoring program to help student-athletes achieve NCAA eligibility…Played baseball and football at Hopkins School (New Haven, CT), and as QB, led the football team to its first-ever 12-0 record and New England Prep School Class C Championship his senior year…Matt and his wife, Melissa, have a son, Bowen, and two daughters, Zuzana and Noema.