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University of Massachusets Athletics
Football
Shadeed, Matt
Matt Shadeed
- Title:
- Director of Sports Performance
- Email:
- mshadeed@umass.edu
Alma Mater: Southern Miss ’09 (B.S.), ’12 (M.S.)
Year at Massachusetts: Second
University of Massachusetts football and head coach Walt Bell welcomed the addition of Matt Shadeed to the program’s staff in Spring 2019.
Shadeed serves as the athletic department’s Director of Sports Performance and will work closely with the football team to foster physical, mental and emotional develop on and off the field.
“My family and I cannot begin to express our excitement about the opportunities that lie ahead for UMass football with Coach Bell at the helm,” Shadeed said. “Walt and I have essentially come up together in our profession, and because of our relationship there is unwavering alignment on how we want to train, teach and grow our young men. For him to entrust the cultural and physical components of his football program to our sports performance staff is truly humbling. We are excited to hit the ground running.”
Shadeed arrived at the University of Massachusetts following a two-year stint at Baylor, where he served as the Director of Athletic Performance and oversaw strength and conditioning efforts for the nationally-ranked women’s basketball program.
“Matt Shadeed is an incredible teacher, mentor, motivator and culture-builder,” Bell said. “He will not only improve our kids’ bodies, but also their hearts and minds as well.”
While at Baylor, Shadeed helped longtime Bears head coach Kim Mulkey develop Baylor into a team that went 33-2 during the 2017-18 season, with a perfect 18-0 mark in regular season conference play. The squad won the Big 12 regular season and tournament championships and advanced to the NCAA Tournament round of Sweet Sixteen.
Prior to his tenure at Baylor, Shadeed led Arkansas State from 2014-17 as the assistant athletic director for athletics performance.
Shadeed oversaw strength and conditioning efforts of the Red Wolves' football program while at Arkansas State, which made three consecutive postseason bowl appearances and won back-to-back conference championships (2015, 2016) under his direction. Operating under a philosophy built around being the toughest and most conditioned team on the field, the Red Wolves went a combined 20-4 in league play over three years under Shadeed’s direction. Additionally, he coordinated nutrition, social media, massage therapy, continuing education and technology efforts for the athletics performance department.
Before heading to Arkansas State, Shadeed spent two years as the assistant strength and conditioning coach for football at the University of Mississippi and nine months as the assistant strength and conditioning coach for women's basketball and softball at the University of Southern Mississippi.
After getting his start in the profession as an intern strength and conditioning coach at Louisiana State, where he completed more than 800 hours working with six different athletics programs in five months, Shadeed served as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach at Nova Southeastern University.
While pursuing a master's degree at Nova Southeastern, Shadeed directed strength and conditioning programs for men's basketball, men's soccer, women's tennis, softball, men's and women's swimming and diving and men's and women's track and field. He also assisted the head strength coach in all phases of design and development of the institution's new strength and conditioning complex.
Shadeed earned a bachelor of science degree with an emphasis in exercise science from the University of Southern Mississippi in 2009 and a master of science degree with an emphasis in athletic administration in 2012.
Shadeed is certified as a strength and conditioning coach by CSCCa, a corrective exercise specialist by NASM, a sports performance Level 1 coach by USAW and a PN-1 by Precision Nutrition. A 2016 Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year nominee (NSCA) and 2011 John Stucky Award (CSCCa) recipient, Shadeed is also certified in first aid by the American Red Cross and in adult CPR/AED by the American Heart Association.
His wife, Emily and his son, Bear join Shadeed in Amherst.
Matt Shadeed • Season-By-Season Career
2009 • Louisiana State • Strength & Conditioning Intern
2010 • Nova Southeastern • Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach
2011 • Southern Miss • Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach
2012-13 • Mississippi • Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach
2014-17 • Arkansas State • Assistant AD, Athletics Performance
2017-18 • Baylor • Director of Athletic Performance
Year at Massachusetts: Second
University of Massachusetts football and head coach Walt Bell welcomed the addition of Matt Shadeed to the program’s staff in Spring 2019.
Shadeed serves as the athletic department’s Director of Sports Performance and will work closely with the football team to foster physical, mental and emotional develop on and off the field.
“My family and I cannot begin to express our excitement about the opportunities that lie ahead for UMass football with Coach Bell at the helm,” Shadeed said. “Walt and I have essentially come up together in our profession, and because of our relationship there is unwavering alignment on how we want to train, teach and grow our young men. For him to entrust the cultural and physical components of his football program to our sports performance staff is truly humbling. We are excited to hit the ground running.”
Shadeed arrived at the University of Massachusetts following a two-year stint at Baylor, where he served as the Director of Athletic Performance and oversaw strength and conditioning efforts for the nationally-ranked women’s basketball program.
“Matt Shadeed is an incredible teacher, mentor, motivator and culture-builder,” Bell said. “He will not only improve our kids’ bodies, but also their hearts and minds as well.”
While at Baylor, Shadeed helped longtime Bears head coach Kim Mulkey develop Baylor into a team that went 33-2 during the 2017-18 season, with a perfect 18-0 mark in regular season conference play. The squad won the Big 12 regular season and tournament championships and advanced to the NCAA Tournament round of Sweet Sixteen.
Prior to his tenure at Baylor, Shadeed led Arkansas State from 2014-17 as the assistant athletic director for athletics performance.
Shadeed oversaw strength and conditioning efforts of the Red Wolves' football program while at Arkansas State, which made three consecutive postseason bowl appearances and won back-to-back conference championships (2015, 2016) under his direction. Operating under a philosophy built around being the toughest and most conditioned team on the field, the Red Wolves went a combined 20-4 in league play over three years under Shadeed’s direction. Additionally, he coordinated nutrition, social media, massage therapy, continuing education and technology efforts for the athletics performance department.
Before heading to Arkansas State, Shadeed spent two years as the assistant strength and conditioning coach for football at the University of Mississippi and nine months as the assistant strength and conditioning coach for women's basketball and softball at the University of Southern Mississippi.
After getting his start in the profession as an intern strength and conditioning coach at Louisiana State, where he completed more than 800 hours working with six different athletics programs in five months, Shadeed served as a graduate assistant strength and conditioning coach at Nova Southeastern University.
While pursuing a master's degree at Nova Southeastern, Shadeed directed strength and conditioning programs for men's basketball, men's soccer, women's tennis, softball, men's and women's swimming and diving and men's and women's track and field. He also assisted the head strength coach in all phases of design and development of the institution's new strength and conditioning complex.
Shadeed earned a bachelor of science degree with an emphasis in exercise science from the University of Southern Mississippi in 2009 and a master of science degree with an emphasis in athletic administration in 2012.
Shadeed is certified as a strength and conditioning coach by CSCCa, a corrective exercise specialist by NASM, a sports performance Level 1 coach by USAW and a PN-1 by Precision Nutrition. A 2016 Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coach of the Year nominee (NSCA) and 2011 John Stucky Award (CSCCa) recipient, Shadeed is also certified in first aid by the American Red Cross and in adult CPR/AED by the American Heart Association.
His wife, Emily and his son, Bear join Shadeed in Amherst.
Matt Shadeed • Season-By-Season Career
2009 • Louisiana State • Strength & Conditioning Intern
2010 • Nova Southeastern • Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach
2011 • Southern Miss • Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach
2012-13 • Mississippi • Assistant Strength & Conditioning Coach
2014-17 • Arkansas State • Assistant AD, Athletics Performance
2017-18 • Baylor • Director of Athletic Performance
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