Former Michigan and Ravens assistant coach Matt Weiss is facing serious legal trouble, with 24 criminal counts tied to unauthorized computer access and aggravated identity theft. In addition to the criminal charges, Weiss and the University of Michigan are now facing a class-action lawsuit from two former female athletes, accusing the school of negligence in monitoring Weiss’s alleged misconduct.
According to NBC News, a former Michigan gymnast and a former Michigan soccer player have sued the university, claiming it failed to supervise Weiss, allowing him to illegally access private and intimate information of female athletes. The lawsuit also names Keffer Development Services, a company that managed confidential data, as a defendant. The plaintiffs argue that Weiss and the other parties violated Title IX protections, civil rights laws, and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.
The civil complaint states that Michigan’s lack of oversight enabled Weiss to target female athletes, accessing their personal photographs and videos without consent. Prosecutors claim that over 150,000 athletes were impacted by the unauthorized access, dating back to 2015.
Weiss, who started his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Stanford, later worked with Jim Harbaugh at Michigan as a quarterbacks coach in 2021. He was promoted to co-offensive coordinator in 2022 but was abruptly fired in January 2023 following a university probe into computer-related crimes.
Both the Baltimore Ravens and the Los Angeles Chargers (where Jim Harbaugh now coaches) declined to comment on the case. While Weiss’s alleged offenses are unrelated to his time in the NFL, he would have been subject to league discipline had these accusations surfaced during his tenure.
