The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
Football
McCants, Matt
Matt McCants
- Title:
- Offensive Line
- Email:
- mmccants@uab.edu
- Phone:
- 975-9536
Head Coach Trent Dilfer announced the promotion of Blazer alum Matt McCants as the new offensive line coach for the UAB football program on July 1, 2024. McCants is in his second year as the offensive line coach and his fifth overall at UAB.
In McCants’ first season coaching the OL, his unit helped the Blazers average 392.5 yards of offense per game. The line was led by two-time Rimington nominee Brady Wilson who started every game at center and finished with the nation’s fourth highest offensive grade according to Pro Football Focus.
JonDarius Morgan was another bright spot for the Blazers as he started all 12 games as well and saw time at both tackle and guard. Morgan returns in 2025 as the leader on the offensive line.
McCants, who played offensive line for the Blazers and was selected in the 2012 NFL Draft, has been with the program since 2021.
McCants rejoined the Green and Gold as a volunteer assistant coach for the 2021 season, and then served as a strength and conditioning coach in 2022. In 2023, McCants was the Director of Character Development.
A two-time First Team All-Conference USA offensive lineman, McCants was drafted by the New York Giants in 2012 and played seven years in the NFL with four different organizations (Giants, Raiders, Bears, Browns).
In 2019, McCants was a member of the AAF’s Birmingham Iron and then was on the XFL’s St. Louis Battlehawks in 2020 before COVID-19 shut down the league.
McCants graduated from UAB in 2011 with a criminal justice degree and a minor in theater. He and his wife Alowe have one son, Sam.
In McCants’ first season coaching the OL, his unit helped the Blazers average 392.5 yards of offense per game. The line was led by two-time Rimington nominee Brady Wilson who started every game at center and finished with the nation’s fourth highest offensive grade according to Pro Football Focus.
JonDarius Morgan was another bright spot for the Blazers as he started all 12 games as well and saw time at both tackle and guard. Morgan returns in 2025 as the leader on the offensive line.
McCants, who played offensive line for the Blazers and was selected in the 2012 NFL Draft, has been with the program since 2021.
McCants rejoined the Green and Gold as a volunteer assistant coach for the 2021 season, and then served as a strength and conditioning coach in 2022. In 2023, McCants was the Director of Character Development.
A two-time First Team All-Conference USA offensive lineman, McCants was drafted by the New York Giants in 2012 and played seven years in the NFL with four different organizations (Giants, Raiders, Bears, Browns).
In 2019, McCants was a member of the AAF’s Birmingham Iron and then was on the XFL’s St. Louis Battlehawks in 2020 before COVID-19 shut down the league.
McCants graduated from UAB in 2011 with a criminal justice degree and a minor in theater. He and his wife Alowe have one son, Sam.
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