Matt Entz

Current position
Title	Assistant head coach for defense, linebackers coach
Team	USC
Conference	Big Ten
Biographical details
Born	(1972-10-09) October 9, 1972 (age 51) Waterloo, Iowa, U.S.
Alma mater	Wartburg College (1995)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1998	Illinois College (DC)
1999–2001	Wayne State (NE) (AHC/LB)
2002–2009	Winona State (AHC/DC/LB)
2010–2011	Northern Iowa (DL)
2012	Northern Iowa (DC)
2013	Western Illinois (AHC/DC/DL)
2014–2018	North Dakota State (DC/LB)
2019–2023	North Dakota State
2024–present	USC (AHC/LB)
Head coaching record
Overall	60–11
Tournaments	15–3 (NCAA D-I playoffs)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
2 NCAA Division I (2019, 2021) 2 MVFC (2019, 2021)
Awards
2× MVFC Coach of the Year (2019, 2021) 2x AFCA FCS Coach of the Year (2019, 2021) 3× 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.

Coaching career

North Dakota State

In 2014, Entz left Western Illinois to join Chris Klieman at North Dakota State University as defensive coordinator, a position he held for five seasons. In 2018, Klieman was hired as head coach of Kansas State and Entz was named the new head coach to replace him. During his five-season tenure at head coach at North Dakota State, Entz led the football program to the playoffs in all five years, ending in two national championships, a runner-up finish, along with a semifinal and quarterfinal appearances. His overall record was 60–11 with a 15–3 playoff record.

USC

On December 10, 2023, Entz was named assistant head coach for defense and linebackers coach at the University of Southern California (USC).^[1] He remained at NDSU for the remainder of the 2023 playoff run which ended the next Saturday at Montana in the FCS semifinals.

Personal life

Entz and his wife, Brenda, have two sons: Kellen and Konner.^[2] Entz is a Christian.^[3]

Entz earned a bachelor's degree in biology from Wartburg College in 1995 and a master's degree in education and exercise science from Wayne State College in Wayne, Nebraska in 1998.^[2]

Head coaching record