The United States Justice Department announced a 24-count indictment against Matt Weiss, the former Michigan football offensive coordinator on Thursday afternoon.
Weiss was fired from Michigan football after the 2022 season but there wasn't much known about the reason why other than he had been investigated and suspected of committing "computer crimes."
Rival fans tried to connect Weiss to the Michigan football signgate scandal but the indictment by the Justice Department paints a much worse picture.
Weiss, 42, was indicted on 14 counts of unauthoried access to computers in addition to 10 counts of aggravated identity theft.
Feds with a slew of charges against ex-Michigan football assistant coach Matthew Weiss. Alleged to have accessed student athlete accounts to download “personal intimate digital photographs and videos that were never intended to be shared beyond intimate partners.” pic.twitter.com/mfSmbVHL9z
— Dan Wetzel (@DanWetzel) March 20, 2025
According to the indictment, between 2015 and 2023, Weiss gained "unauthorized access" to the student databases of more than 100 colleges and universities. Weiss downloaded the personal information, including medical information of more than 150,000 students. Weiss used this information to access more than 2,000 social media accounts of athletes, as well as accounts of more than 1,000 other students.
Weiss also used the information to access “personal intimate digital photographs and videos that were never intended to be shared beyond intimate partners.”
The investigation goes back to 2015 when Weiss worked for the Baltimore Ravens after joining the organization in 2009. He was hired as the Michigan football quarterbacks coach ahead of the 2021 season. He then was named the co-offensive coordinator prior to the 2022 season.
Weiss was then fired which was the first it was reported that were was any sort of investigation into his conduct. This post will be updated with any new information.