Matt Smidebush - Chief of Staff, Football - Football Support Staff

Matt Smidebush

Title:
Chief of Staff, Football
Email:
msmidebush@fau.edu
Phone:
561-297-1094

At FAU

Hit the ground running with Hagerty Head Football Coach Tom Herman on December 2, 2022
In the first week, the duo worked with FAU recruiting staff to host Coach Herman’s first FAU recruiting weekend that featured 18 prospects, while simultaneously meeting each of the current Owls, individually, and building the future FAU football staff

At Texas

Served six years at the University of Texas including the director of football administration (2019-2021) and the director of football operations (2021-22)
Oversaw team travel, served as the primary liaison to compliance and managed the Football budget
Collaborated with and drove the design/production behind the new Moncrief South End Zone Football Facility as the point person from football
Managed all graduate and undergraduate assistants, interns and operations staff while producing and maintaining the master calendar including workouts, practices, academic conflicts, team events, recruit weekends and pro-days
Coordinated all bowl game logistics and team travel while serving as the point of contact for bowl officials that resulted in four-straight bowl wins, including a New Years’ Six Sugar Bowl
Responsible for handling relationship building between the football office and key boosters, implementing and fine-tuning newcomer onboarding practices for football staff, managing the flow and logistics of football practice, the organization of football sideline credentials, as well as all football events and clinics
Served as Coach Herman’s special assistant communicating as one with football staff and players
Began career with the Longhorns by leading all operations and logistics relating to the football program

At Houston

Served as Coach Herman’s special assistant as well as the assistant with football operations on team travel, logistics and operational duties from 2016-17
Executed Houston’s credential system for football coaches, staff, and guests

At Texas

Began collegiate career as a new sales account executive at the University of Texas where he gained experience from 2015-16
Credited with generating $300,000 in new revenue through outbound calls, personal prospects, face-to-face appointments, and referrals resulting in a top-four revenue ranking among 30 sales and service consultants
Sold season tickets, mini plan packages and group seating for each of the seven ticketed sports
Selected as team sales captain for baseball, based on outstanding performance

At Mississippi

While seeking his MBA, worked as a development graduate intern from 2014-15

Cincinnati Reds

Worked with the Reds MLB organization as a client service intern (2013) was elevated to client service assistant (2014) and worked as an operations intern in Goodyear, Arizona during the 2014 Spring Training

Personal
Education: MBA from Mississippi ’15, B.S. from Mississippi ‘’14 in Recreation & Sport Management; was a Chancellor’ Elite Leadership Scholarship Award honoree
Family: Matt is joined in Boca by his wife, Meaghan and the couples dog Remington