Matt Hassan

Biography

Matt Hassan serves as the assistant athletics director for football operations at Georgia Southern, a position he started in January of 2022. He came to Statesboro after serving as the director of football operations at Troy football the previous two seasons. Hassan is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Eagle football program including team travel, meals, scheduling and controlling the program's budget. In 2025, he was a finalist for the Football Scoop FBS Director of Operations of the Year award. Hassan moved to Troy for two seasons after working at Mercer for a year. There, he served as director of football operations and general manager. Hassan oversaw all the day-to-day organizational and operations aspects of the football program. He was in charge of maintaining all non-coaching activities including budget, team travel, special projects and Mercer's off-field personnel. He was the Bears' liaison to the university's administration and oversaw Mercer's recruiting operations -- official visits, game day recruiting and staff. Hassan joined the Bears' staff after a three-year stint with Auburn's football staff, where he served as a defensive analyst for the 2018 season and as an operations assistant from 2016-18. Prior to Auburn, Hassan spent two seasons on the coaching staff at Concordia University Chicago, working with the running backs in 2014 and tutoring linebackers in 2015, as well as coordinating academics, video and social media. He was additionally the