Was part of staffs at JMU and Ohio State that played for and won a national championship.
TAMPA, DEC. 28, 2022 – University of South Florida Head Coach Alex Golesh has named Matt Merritt as associate head coach/running game coordinator on his first USF staff.
Merritt comes to USF with over a decade of collegiate experience coaching running backs and having served the 2022 season as running backs coach at Georgia Southern. He previously worked with Golesh as a member of the University of Tennessee staff in 2021 and has been a part of coaching staffs that have played for (JMU, 2019) and won (Ohio State, 2015) a national championship.