Ben Mathers - Football Coach - Pitt Panthers #H2P

Ben Mathers

Title:
Director of Football Operations
Season at Pitt:
Fourth

Ben Mathers enters his fourth year as Pitt’s director of football operations. In this capacity, Mathers plays an integral role in ensuring the program’s numerous activities and itineraries run smoothly and efficiently.

His chief focuses include player and coach daily regimens, coordination of road game transportation and the team’s expanded training table. Mathers has also been instrumental in the Panthers' trips to the 2015 Military Bowl and 2016 Pinstripe Bowl.

Prior to his arrival in Pittsburgh, Mathers spent seven total seasons with the Michigan State football program.

As an operations assistant during the 2014 season, he was instrumental in the Spartans’ recruiting efforts, especially from a social media and special events standpoint. Mathers spent two years as an operations graduate assistant (2012-13) and four years as a student assistant in the video department (2008-11).

The Spartans advanced to a bowl game in each of Mathers’ seven seasons with the program, finishing among the nation’s Top 5 his final two years.

In 2014, Michigan State went 11-2 and earned a No. 5 national ranking following a 42-41 win over Baylor in the AT&T Cotton Bowl. In 2013, the Spartans finished No. 3 in the country following a Big Ten title and 24-20 victory over Stanford in the Rose Bowl.

A 2011 communications graduate from Michigan State, he is completing his master’s degree in kinesiology with a concentration in sports administration from MSU.

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