The Balitmore Ravens’ organization is seeing one of their former coaches going through it this off-season. However, if you ask him, everything he was accused of is a lie. Here is the full story.
“I Didn’t Do It” Former Ravens Coach Pleads Not Guilty To Disgusting Crime
A Baltimore Ravens assistant football coach and former University of Michigan assistant football coach entered a not-guilty plea Monday to charges he hacked into college athletes’ computers for intimate images:
Matt Weiss’ appearance in federal court in Detroit was brief and came four days after a 14-page indictment was filed. He’s accused of unauthorized computer access and identity theft from 2015 until early 2023.
Weiss and attorney Douglas Mullkoff waived a public reading of the indictment and later declined to comment during a cold, windy walk to a parking lot.
Separately, a lawsuit seeking class-action status was filed Friday on behalf of a former University of Michigan female gymnast and a former member of the women’s soccer team.
The university violated its duty “by failing to supervise and monitor Weiss and as a result plaintiffs and thousands of others have had their privacy illegally invaded,” attorney Parker Stinar said in the lawsuit.
The university declined to comment.
Weiss gained access to the databases of more than 100 colleges and universities that were maintained by a third-party vendor, Keffer Development Services, and then downloaded personal information and medical data of more than 150,000 athletes, according to the indictment.
He then got access to the social media, email and cloud storage accounts of more than 2,000 athletes, as well as more than 1,300 students or alumni from schools across the country, the indictment states.
“His goal was to obtain private photographs and videos never intended to be shared beyond intimate partners,” according to the indictment.
Weiss spent two seasons with Michigan before he was fired in 2023 for not cooperating with a school investigation. He was co-offensive coordinator in 2022 when the Wolverines were 13-1 and played in the college football playoff.
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Here is a full look at Weiss’ coaching history:
| Year | Position | Record | Playoff record |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 Baltimore Ravens | Running Backs Coach | 11-5-0 | 1-1 |
| 2019 Baltimore Ravens | Running Backs Coach | 14-2-0 | 0-1 |
| 2018 Baltimore Ravens | Wide Receivers Coach | 10-6-0 | 0-1 |
| 2017 Baltimore Ravens | Offensive Assistant Coach | 9-7-0 | 0-0 |
| 2016 Baltimore Ravens | Offensive Assistant Coach | 8-8-0 | 0-0 |
| 2015 Baltimore Ravens | Cornerbacks Coach | 5-11-0 | 0-0 |
| 2014 Baltimore Ravens | Linebackers Coach / Defensive Quality Control Coach | 10-6-0 | 1-1 |
| 2013 Baltimore Ravens | Defensive Quality Control Coach | 8-8-0 | 0-0 |
| 2012 Baltimore Ravens | Defensive Quality Control Coach | 10-6-0 | 4-0 |
| 2011 Baltimore Ravens | Head Coach’s Assistant | 12-4-0 | 1-1 |
| 2010 Baltimore Ravens | Head Coach’s Assistant | 12-4-0 | 1-1 |
| 2009 Baltimore Ravens | Head Coach’s Assistant | 9-7-0 | 1-1 |
