Greg Mattison

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Greg Mattison (born November 15, 1949 in Madison, WI, USA) is an American football coach, that served as co-defensive coordinator and defensive lines coach for the Florida Gators football team for three years, including the 2006 BCS National Championship team. On February 8, 2008, Mattison accepted the linebackers coaching position for the NFL's Baltimore Ravens.

Prior to his time at Florida, Mattison coached at Notre Dame as the defensive coordinator under Bob Davie; until the Ty Willingham era (during which he served as defensive line coach and recruiting coordinator). Prior to his time at Notre Dame, Mattison coached the defensive line at the University of Michigan from 1992 to 1996, while also serving at the defenisve coordinator in 1995 and 1996.

Mattison shared coordinator duties with Charlie Strong, whom he also coached with during their shared time at Notre Dame.

Mattison was a finalist for the head coaching job at Western Michigan University following the 2004 season; a job that eventually went to Bill Cubit. Mattison had served as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach under Jack Harbaugh at WMU from 1981-1986.

Greg's son Bryan was a senior captain for the 2007 University of Iowa Hawkeyes football team.