Matt Hachman enters his eighth season as the defensive coordinator and inside linebackers coach at Towson.
During his tenure, Hachman helped to develop one of the top defensive units in the CAA.
Along the way, he helped the Tigers to a pair of CAA championships and a trip to the FCS National Championship game.
Individually, Hachman has coached a pair of All-Americans in Telvion Clark and Monte Gaddis. Just last season, Chris Tedder became the first Tiger to be named the CAA Defensive Rookie of the Year.
The Tiger defense was very stingy during CAA play in 2015. In the 32 quarters played against CAA teams, the Tigers kept their opponents off the scoreboard in 15 quarters.
The defense pitched its first shutout of rival Delaware, and followed it up by shutting out Maine for the first three quarters. All in all, the defense put together a streak of 120:22 of game action without allowing a point.
The shutout over Delaware was the first by a Tiger defense over an FCS opponent since 2002. More impressive, the defense allowed just 102 yards of total offense.
Hachman’s linebacking corps was anchored by two of the top freshman linebackers in the conference in Chris Tedder and Diondre Wallace. The duo took over as the starting middle linebackers for the final six games of the season, and the Tigers scoring defense dropped by 12.7 points per game.
In 2013, the defense played a key role in the Tigers reaching the FCS championship game. Towson faced three of the top scoring offenses in the FCS: Fordham, Eastern Illinois and Eastern Washington, holding all three opponents under their season scoring average.
As a unit, the Tigers ranked fourth nationally by forcing 34 turnovers. They also returned five of those turnovers for touchdowns.
Throughout his tenure, Hachman has fielded a defensive unit that has improved every season. Over his eight seasons, the Tigers defense has gone from allowing 36.5 points per game in 2009, to allowing just 21.5 points per game in 2015.
Hachman came to Towson after spending after spending the previous nine seasons at Lafayette College, the final eight coaching the linebackers. During his time with the Leopards, Hachman also spent four seasons as the special teams coordinator and two seasons as the recruiting coordinator.
He helped to build the Leopards into one of the top teams in the Patriot League. From 2004-2006, the Leopards won three consecutive Patriot League championships. LC posted back-to-back 8-4 seasons in 2004 and 2005, falling in the first round of the playoffs each season.
Hachman helped the Leopards finish the 2007 season as the nation’s top-ranked defense, allowing just 260.9 yards of offense per game.
Over his tenure, Hachman had nine linebackers earn All-Patriot League honors, led by two-time Patriot League Defensive Player of the Year Andy Romans.
Hachman joined the coaching profession in 1994 when he was a recruiting assistant at Northwestern University. After one season, he moved on to Northern Illinois where he served as a graduate assistant offensive line coach for two seasons.
He would later spend two seasons working with the offensive line at Oklahoma before becoming the Director of Football Operations at Maryland in 1999.
Hachman is board member of Lauren’s First and Goal Football Camp, which raises money for pediatric brain tumor research, cancer services and family support. Over the last 12 years, he has participated in the camp and got many colleagues to join him. Since its creation in 2004, the camp has raised more than two million dollars for brain tumor research.
Hachman received his bachelor’s degree in marketing management from St. Thomas (Minn.) in 1993. He was a three-year letterwinner for the Tommies, helping the team to the 1990 NCAA Division III quarterfinals. He was also a member of the baseball team, earning Most Improved honors as a senior.
Born in Queens, New York, Hachman and his wife, Kimberly, have three children, Rien, Jake and Justin.
