Matt Entz

Matt Entz
Current position
TitleAssistant head coach for defense, linebackers coach
TeamUSC
ConferenceBig Ten
Biographical details
Born (1972-10-09) October 9, 1972 (age 51)
Waterloo, Iowa, U.S.
Alma materWartburg College (1995)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1998Illinois College (DC)
1999–2001Wayne State (NE) (AHC/LB)
2002–2009Winona State (AHC/DC/LB)
2010–2011Northern Iowa (DL)
2012Northern Iowa (DC)
2013Western Illinois (AHC/DC/DL)
2014–2018North Dakota State (DC/LB)
2019–2023North Dakota State
2024–presentUSC (AHC/LB)
Head coaching record
Overall60–11
Tournaments15–3 (NCAA D-I playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 NCAA Division I (2019, 2021)
2 MVFC (2019, 2021)
Awards
MVFC Coach of the Year (2019, 2021)
2x AFCA FCS Coach of the Year (2019, 2021)
AFCA Region 4 Coach of the Year (2019–2021)

Matthew John Entz (born October 9, 1972) is an American college football coach. He is the linebackers coach and assistant head coach for defense at the University of Southern California. He was the head football coach at North Dakota State University from 2019 to 2023. Entz took over from the departing Chris Klieman after Klieman led the 2018 North Dakota State Bison football team to the program's seventh NCAA Division I Football Championship in eight seasons. Entz was the defensive coordinator for the Bison from 2014 until his promotion following the 2018 season.