Turns out, Matt Weiss was still working in football during the FBI’s recent probe of his computers.
The former Michigan assistant, arraigned in federal court Monday on two-dozen charges for unauthorized computer access and aggravated identity theft, was hired by the NFL’s Seattle Seahawks as an outside contractor in 2024, according to a Wednesday report from Pro Football Talk.
PFT’s Mike Florio writes that Weiss, who federal prosecutors say hacked a third-party database of personal information and medical data for more than 100,000 student-athletes at more than 100 colleges and universities across the country, primarily targeting female athletes and their private photos and videos, “worked as a consultant for at least two different NFL teams.”
In his reporting, Florio says Weiss had “access to film” but did not attend practices or games and had no access to the team’s computer system.
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The Seahawks are coached by former Michigan defensive coordinator Mike Macdonald, who spent one season on the Wolverines’ staff with Weiss. Another Seahawks coach, Jay Harbaugh, also coached alongside Weiss at Michigan.
Florio reports the hire was OK’d “with the understanding that it would be immediately terminated if he were to be charged.” The agreement concluded at the end of the 2024 season.
Florio did not identify the second team that Weiss worked for prior to his 2023 dismissal at Michigan.
Weiss is accused of hacking social media, email and cloud storage accounts linked to more than 2,000 student-athletes and 1,300 additional college students and downloading “personal, intimate digital photographs and videos” between 2015 and January 2023, when he was fired by Michigan. That strength includes a lengthy stint with the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens.
Two former Michigan student-athletes, both women, have since filed a class-action lawsuit against Weiss and the school in federal court accusing the former coach of accessing their personal accounts.
Weiss entered a not-guilty plea Monday during his first appearance in federal court.