George Mason Football

Matt Dyson is beginning his seventh season as head coach of football at George Mason University. He and his staff have been working hard to continue the great tradition of Mason football established by Dr. Joseph Pascale since the team's development in 1993. Dyson has been a member of the staff for the past six seasons coaching multiple positions on the defensive side of the ball. This season, he will work as the defensive coordinator. He has produced many all conference players and looks to this year's veterans to help the young and talented newcomers. He looks forward to a great year on the field and a strong year of recruiting to challenge higher level teams next year.

Coach Dyson did his undergraduate studies at the University of Michigan, where he earned a B.A. in Sports Management and Communications. He was also a member of the football team, which won the Big Ten Championship three times during the five years that Coach Dyson was with the team. As a four-year starter for the University of Michigan Wolverines, he was twice selected to the All Big-Ten Conference First Team and once to the Second Team. In 1992, on the way to winning a Rose Bowl rematch versus the University of Washington, he achieved All-American status. In 1994, he was selected as the Defensive MVP of the Holiday Bowl in San Diego, California. In 1995, the Oakland Raiders drafted him in the fifth round of the NFL Draft. He was twice selected Rookie of the Week and once named Most Likely to Excel. He played two years for the Raiders before retiring due to injury.

Before joining the coaching staff at George Mason University, Coach Dyson was the defensive and offensive line coach, as well as the assistant defensive coordinator for the Falls Church High School Football team in Falls Church, Virginia. For the past eight years, Coach Dyson has been the head coach of the Falls Church Track and Field Team.

Coach Dyson grew up in Southern Maryland. At La Plata High School, he was a four-sport standout athlete in football, basketball, soccer, and track and field. He played the running back and defensive end positions on the football team and garnered All-American honors. He was a four year all conference first team player in both basketball and track and field. Coach Dyson lives in Manassas, Virginia with his wife, Sara and his new daughter Mackenzie. He continues to coach track and field at Falls Church High School and conducts speed training and conditioning sessions during the off-season for the George Mason Football Team.