University of Louisiana at Lafayette Athletics
Football
Bergeron, Matt
Matt Bergeron
- Title:
- Assistant Coach/RB
A member of the Louisiana coaching staff since 2018, Matt Bergeron enters his second season as the program’s running backs coach.
Bergeron has been a mainstay on the Louisiana staff, serving in a variety of different roles on the offensive side of the ball since his arrival.
In 2022, Bergeron mentored Chris Smith, who garnered All-Sun Belt Conference honors after leading the team with 628 rushing yards while averaging 5.0 yards per carry.
Bergeron worked as the interim running backs coach for Louisiana during the 2021 New Orleans Bowl, a game where the team rushed for 220 yards and produced three rushing touchdowns.
Bergeron has had a variety of roles for Louisiana's offense during his time in Lafayette, formulating games plans for assigned areas, assisting in script writing for practice, creating play call sheets and helping breakdown film.
During the 2020 and 2021 seasons, he worked as an analyst with the tight ends, playing a key role in the continued development of Neal Johnson and Johnny Lumpkin. Johnson finished the 2021 campaign as the unit's leader in receptions (21) and yards (262), while Lumpkin hauled in eight passes for 141 yards and a touchdown. Johnson also had a monster year in 2020, leading the tight ends with 13 passes for 133 yards and a touchdown.
In his first two seasons as a Ragin' Cajun, Bergeron served as a graduate assistant working with the team's wide receivers. He played a key role in the development of Ja'Marcus Bradley, who caught 10 touchdown passes in both 2018 and 2019 and combined for 100 catches and 1,514 yards during those two seasons.
Bradley finished his Louisiana career with 23 touchdowns, the second most in program history, and 2,359 receiving yards, the fourth most in program history.
Prior to arriving in Lafayette, he spent two seasons on staff at Arizona State in quality control (2016) and as a graduate assistant (2017) working with the wide receivers under Jay Norvell and Billy Napier. During his time with the Sun Devils, Bergeron coached N'Keal Harry, who in that stretch caught 140 passes for 1,801 yards and 12 touchdowns.
Harry, who earned Freshman All-America honors in 2016 and was named a First Team All-Pac-12 in 2017, was drafted in the First Round (32nd overall) by the New England Patriots in 2019.
Bergeron's coaching career began at Southern Miss, where he served as a student assistant with the quarterbacks from 2015-16. His experience with the Golden Eagles came after he played quarterback for USM from 2013-14. He began his playing career at Lamar in 2012, where he was also a quarterback.
Bergeron has been a mainstay on the Louisiana staff, serving in a variety of different roles on the offensive side of the ball since his arrival.
In 2022, Bergeron mentored Chris Smith, who garnered All-Sun Belt Conference honors after leading the team with 628 rushing yards while averaging 5.0 yards per carry.
Bergeron worked as the interim running backs coach for Louisiana during the 2021 New Orleans Bowl, a game where the team rushed for 220 yards and produced three rushing touchdowns.
Bergeron has had a variety of roles for Louisiana's offense during his time in Lafayette, formulating games plans for assigned areas, assisting in script writing for practice, creating play call sheets and helping breakdown film.
During the 2020 and 2021 seasons, he worked as an analyst with the tight ends, playing a key role in the continued development of Neal Johnson and Johnny Lumpkin. Johnson finished the 2021 campaign as the unit's leader in receptions (21) and yards (262), while Lumpkin hauled in eight passes for 141 yards and a touchdown. Johnson also had a monster year in 2020, leading the tight ends with 13 passes for 133 yards and a touchdown.
In his first two seasons as a Ragin' Cajun, Bergeron served as a graduate assistant working with the team's wide receivers. He played a key role in the development of Ja'Marcus Bradley, who caught 10 touchdown passes in both 2018 and 2019 and combined for 100 catches and 1,514 yards during those two seasons.
Bradley finished his Louisiana career with 23 touchdowns, the second most in program history, and 2,359 receiving yards, the fourth most in program history.
Prior to arriving in Lafayette, he spent two seasons on staff at Arizona State in quality control (2016) and as a graduate assistant (2017) working with the wide receivers under Jay Norvell and Billy Napier. During his time with the Sun Devils, Bergeron coached N'Keal Harry, who in that stretch caught 140 passes for 1,801 yards and 12 touchdowns.
Harry, who earned Freshman All-America honors in 2016 and was named a First Team All-Pac-12 in 2017, was drafted in the First Round (32nd overall) by the New England Patriots in 2019.
Bergeron's coaching career began at Southern Miss, where he served as a student assistant with the quarterbacks from 2015-16. His experience with the Golden Eagles came after he played quarterback for USM from 2013-14. He began his playing career at Lamar in 2012, where he was also a quarterback.
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