Matt House is an

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coach who currently serves as a senior defensive assistant for the

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of the

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(NFL).

Coaching career

House began his coaching career at his

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2001 The year's most prominent event was the September 11 attacks against the United States by al-Qaeda, which Casualties of the September 11 attacks, killed 2,977 people and instigated the global war on terror. The United States led a Participan ...

. After the

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season he went to the

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where he served as an assistant defensive coach for two seasons. In

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he became the Buffalo Bulls’ defensive backs coach and recruiting coordinator. He made the jump to the NFL in

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as an assistant special teams coach for the Panthers. For the next three years he coached in St. Louis under

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as a defensive quality control coach. In 2012 he returned to the college ranks working at Pitt as the team's secondary coach. The following year he was promoted to defensive coordinator where he stayed until the end of the

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season. In

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he served as FIUs defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach. For

2016 2016 was designated as: * International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly. * International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...

, he joined

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Kentucky staff as the team's inside linebackers coach and special teams coordinator. The following season he was promoted to defensive coordinator and remained in that position until the end of the 2018 season when he made his return to the National Football League. In

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, House became the Chiefs’ linebackers coach, joining a staff that would go on to win the Super Bowl that season defeating the

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, and then also make an appearance in the 2020 Super Bowl before losing to the

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. In December 2021, House was named

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. Head Coach Brian Kelly announced on January 3, 2024 that LSU and Matt House would part ways prior to the 2024 season. On February 22, 2024, House was named inside linebackers coach for the

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. On February 17, 2025, House was returned to the Chiefs and was named the senior defensive assistant for the team.

References

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