Football
Symmes, Matthew
Matthew Symmes
- Title:
- Senior Defensive Analyst
- Email:
- symmesm21@ecu.edu
- Phone:
- (252) 737-4570
Follow @Coach_Symmes
- Officially joined the East Carolina staff as a senior defensive analyst on March 1, 2021 ...
- Spent a combined six seasons at four different Power 5 programs as an intern and graduate assistant coach, working primarily on the offensive side of the ball - Duke (2012-13), Florida (2014), Indiana (2015) and South Carolina (2016-17) before a three-year appointment as an offensive assistant with the Pittsburgh Steelers (2018-20) ...
- Most recently, assisted with the Steelers' passing game plan and keyed the unit's RPO development in 2018...
- Served as Pittsburgh's quarterbacks coach in 2019 and helped Mason Rudolph and Devlin Hodges compile a collective 8-6 record in their 14 starts following an early season-ending elbow injury to starter Ben Roethlisberger. Additionally, Rudolph became third player in NFL history to throw touchdown passes in his first eight games, while Hodges became only the second undrafted rookie in league history to surpass 1,000 air yards ...
- During his first season in Pittsburg (2018), the Steelers turned in the NFL's most successful redzone clip in 15 seasons with a TD percentage of 73, while Roethlisberger topped the league in passing yards with 5,129 ...
- Part of two bowl appearances while a graduate assistant at South Carolina (Birmingham, Outback)...
- Worked exclusively with the Gamecocks' quarterbacks in 2017, helping sophomore Jake Bentley lead the Southeastern Conference in completions while also topping the team in rushing TDs as South Carolina turned in a 9-4 record ...
- Spent the 2015 campaign at Indiana as an offensive graduate assistant (quarterbacks) and was part of the Hoosier's first bowl berth (Pinstripe) since 2007 ...
- Part of an IU squad that led the Big Ten Conference in scoring offense, total offense and passing, and tutored signal-caller Nate Sudfeld, who earned all-league honors before being selected in the sixth round of the NFL Draft ...
- Was on the Florida staff as a graduate assistant in 2014, a campaign that ended with a 28-20 win over East Carolina in the Birmingham Bowl ...
- Began coaching career at alma mater Duke, working as an offensive intern (2012), special teams quality control (2012-13) and offensive graduate assistant (2013) under head coach David Cutcliffe ...
- Helped Blue Devils to a 2012 Belk Bowl appearance and 2013 Chick-fil-A Bowl showing, the latter of which followed an Atlantic Coast Conference Coastal Division title ...
- Earned a bachelor's degree in history from Duke in 2013 and a master's in sports & entertainment management from South Carolina in 2018.
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