Matt Wilson joined the Arkansas State staff in 2021 as Assistant Athletics Director for Player Personnel, making an immediate impact on the Red Wolves’ recruiting department.
A-State’s most recent signing class (2022) not only ranked as the best in school history, but was also listed No. 1 in the Sun Belt Conference by both 247Sports and Rivals and inside the top five among Group of Five programs. The class also ranked among the top 50 in the nation on National Signing Day.
Wilson came to A-State after most recently spending the previous three seasons (2018-20) at Mississippi State as the Bulldogs Director of Football Personnel.
During his time in Starkville, he assisted in a recruiting plan that resulted in back-to-back Top 25 classes for the first time in school history. It resulted in 37 of 59 players who signed competing in their freshman or sophomore seasons, including 14 starters in 2020. The Bulldogs competed in two bowl games during Wilson’s three seasons with the program.
Wilson went to Mississippi State from Indiana University, where he was the Senior Director of Player Personnel/Recruiting during the 2017 season. He helped develop a plan for the third-highest ranked recruiting class in school history, which included three four-star-ranked players. He spent the 2017 season under current head coach Tom Allen, who was an assistant coach at Arkansas State in 2011.
He previously worked with current A-State head coach Butch Jones’ staff at Tennessee from 2014-16, assisting in three consecutive top-15 recruiting classes. During Wilson’s time with the Volunteers, they won three consecutive bowl games and put together back-to-back nine-win seasons in 2015 and 2016.
Prior to Tennessee, Wilson served as a Recruiting Aide at UConn from 2012- 13 and a Pro Scouting Assistant with the Arizona Cardinals from 2010-11.
The Hopewell, Penn., native earned his bachelor’s degree in interdisciplinary studies from Arizona State University in December of 2010.
