| Kurt Mattix | |
| Current Title: | Defensive Ends coach |
| Current Team: | Ohio |
| Current Conference: | MAC |
| Birth Date: | 9 September 1975 |
| Alma Mater: | Valparaiso |
| Player Years1: | 1994–1995 |
| Player Team1: | Indianapolis |
| Player Years2: | 1996–1998 |
| Player Team2: | Valparaiso |
| Coach Years1: | 1998–1999 |
| Coach Team1: | Portage High School (IN) (OL/DL) |
| Coach Years2: | 2000 |
| Coach Team2: | Trine University (ST/LB) |
| Coach Years3: | 2001 |
| Coach Team3: | Anderson University (ST/LB) |
| Coach Years4: | 2002–2003 |
| Coach Team4: | Ball State (GA) |
| Coach Years5: | 2004 |
| Coach Team5: | Wayne State (DB) |
| Coach Years6: | 2005–2007 |
| Coach Team6: | Wayne State (DC) |
| Coach Years7: | 2008 |
| Coach Team7: | Saint Joseph's (IN) (AHC/DC) |
| Coach Years8: | 2009–2010 |
| Coach Team8: | Ball State (TE) |
| Coach Years9: | 2011–2014 |
| Coach Team9: | Michigan (QC) |
| Coach Years10: | 2015 |
| Coach Team10: | Valparaiso (ST/LB) |
| Coach Years11: | 2016–2019 |
| Coach Team11: | Eastern Kentucky (DC/LB) |
| Coach Years12: | 2020–2023 |
| Coach Team12: | San Diego State (DC/LB) |
| Coach Years13: | 2024–present |
| Coach Team13: | Ohio (DE) |
Kurt Mattix (born September 9, 1975) is an American football coach and former football player. He is currently the defensive ends coach at Ohio University[1] Previously he was the defensive coordinator at San Diego State and Eastern Kentucky.[2]
Mattix is an alumnus of the Valparaiso where he played college football from 1996 to 1998 and received his bachelor's degree in physical education in 1999.[3] Previously he played football for two seasons at the University of Indianapolis from 1994 to 1995.[4]
Mattix's first coaching position was as an assistant at Portage High School in Indiana from 1998 to 1998.[5] He was the special teams coordinator and linebacker's coach at Trine University in 1999 and Anderson University in 2000.[6] His first FBS coaching job was as a Graduate Assistant at Ball State from 2002 through 2003.[7] He spent the next four seasons at Wayne State University where he had is first position as a defensive coordinator during the last three seasons from 2005 to 2007. He returned to the state of Indiana as the assistant head coach and defensive coordinator at Saint Joseph's College for one year in 2008.[8] He returned to Ball State as the tight ends coach for two seasons before joining Brady Hoke's staff as a quality control assistant at Michigan from 2011 to 2014.[9] [10]
After Hoke was fired he went back to his alma mater as the special teams coordinator and linebackers coach at Valparaiso in 2015 before getting his first NCAA Division I coordinator job at Eastern Kentucky from 20016 through 2019.[11] [12] He rejoined with Hoke as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach at San Diego State from 2020 to 2023.[13] [14] His defenses ranked 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 8th in the Mountain West Conference from 2020 to 2023 respectively.[15] [16] [17] [18] After the 2020 season he was nominated for the Broyles Award for the best assistant coach in the nation.[19] [20] Prior to the 2024 season he accepted the position as defensive ends coach at Ohio University[21] [22]