Matt Jansen has been on the Mountaineer football coaching staff since 2019, first as a player personnel and recruiting assistant for a year, before becoming the assistant director of scouting and recently promoted to the director of personnel and scouting.
Jansen organizes, scouts and assists with all aspects of game analysis and game planning for the football program, and works with the football head coach and administration on all aspects of roster management.
Prior to coming to Morgantown, Jansen was the college scouting coordinator for the Houston Texans (2015-18). He assisted with the day-to-day operation of the college scouting department, while also managing in-house scouting assistants and serving as a cross checker for schools in 11 states. He conducted more than 30 school visits, game and pro days per year gathering background, evaluating college draft prospects and assigning a grade value to the players.
He also assisted the pro personnel staff with preseason scouting, practice squad evaluations, opponent advances, free agency and yearlong team evaluations. He also served as quality control of the scouting database to create a more simplified platform for the scouts.
He also served as a player personnel assistant with the Baltimore Ravens (2013-15) and a college scouting intern for the Houston Texans (2011-13).
Jansen graduated in 2011 with his bachelor’s degree in exercise and sport sciences from Texas Tech, where he was a student assistant football coach (2006-11).
