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Matt Janus (born c. 1987) is an American college football coach. He is the head football coach for the Northern Michigan University, a position he has held since 2026.^[1] Previously, he was the head of University of Wisconsin-La Crosse from 2020 to 2025.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] He also coached for Wisconsin–Platteville and Sheboygan Falls High School.^[6] He played college football for Wisconsin–Platteville.

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs	D3^#	AFCA^°
Wisconsin–La Crosse Eagles (Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2020–2025)
2020–21	No team—COVID-19
2021	Wisconsin–La Crosse	9–3	6–1	2nd	L NCAA Division III Second Round	11	12
2022	Wisconsin–La Crosse	9–2	6–1	T–1st	L NCAA Division III First Round	12	11
2023	Wisconsin–La Crosse	11–2	7–0	1st	L NCAA Division III Quarterfinal	4	4
2024	Wisconsin–La Crosse	8–4	5–2	2nd	L NCAA Division III Second Round	21	21
2025	Wisconsin–La Crosse	8–3	5–2	T–2nd	L NCAA Division III Third Round	8	10
Wisconsin–La Crosse:		45–14	29–6
Northern Michigan Wildcats (Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) (2026–present)
2026	Northern Michigan	0–0	0–0
Northern Michigan:		0–0	0–0
Total:		45–14
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth

^ “MUWL football’s head coach hired at Northern Michigan”. News8000.com. Retrieved January 5, 2026.
^ “Matt Janus – Football Coach”. University of Wisconsin La Crosse Athletics. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
^ Kosirowski, Ken (February 5, 2020). “UWL names Matt Janus head football coach”. News8000.com. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
^ Fleet, Julia Van. “Janus named head coach for UWL football program”. The Racquet Press. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
^ “Janus Named UW-La Crosse Head Football Coach”. wiacsports.com. February 6, 2020. Retrieved September 5, 2023.
^ Clifford, Charlie (January 11, 2017). “UW-La Crosse hires Matt Janus as defensive coordinator”. News8000.com. Retrieved September 5, 2023.