Aaron Matthews enters his second season on the SWOSU Football staff in 2026, working with the Bulldogs’ secondary. He joined the program in 2025 after gaining coaching experience at both the high school and collegiate levels in Texas and Arkansas.
In his first season at SWOSU, Matthews coached a secondary that helped the Bulldogs rank fifth in NCAA Division II in pass defense, allowing just 157.5 yards per game through the air. SWOSU also recorded 12 interceptions, tied for third most in the GAC. He also helped tutor defensive back Zack Roberts to Second Team All-Great American Conference honors.
Prior to SWOSU, Matthews served as Defensive Coordinator and Safeties Coach at Beaumont United High School (Texas) in 2025. He previously spent two seasons at Del Valle High School (Texas), coaching cornerbacks in 2023 before shifting to inside linebackers and serving as Special Teams Coordinator in 2024. Matthews also gained collegiate coaching experience at Southern Arkansas University, where he coached cornerbacks from 2022-23. His coaching career began at Travis High School (Texas), where he worked with the defensive backs from 2018-19.
A native of Fresno, California, Matthews played collegiately at San Joaquin Delta College, earning all-conference honors as a defensive back while serving as a team captain from 2009-11. He later transferred to Texas State University, where he was a two-year letterwinner and defensive team captain.
Matthews earned his bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice-Corrections from Texas State in 2014 and a master’s degree in Education with an emphasis in Sports Administration from Concordia University Texas in 2021.
The Matthews File:
Coaching Career
2025-present: SWOSU (Assistant Coach / Secondary)
2025: Beaumont United HS (Defensive Coordinator / Safeties)
2024: Del Valle HS (Inside Linebackers / Special Teams Coordinator)
2023: Del Valle HS (Cornerbacks)
2022–2023: Southern Arkansas (Cornerbacks)
2018–2019: Travis HS (Defensive Backs)
Playing Career
Texas State University (Defensive Back) — 2011–2014
San Joaquin Delta College (Defensive Back) — 2009–2011
Education
Texas State University
Criminal Justice–Corrections, 2014 (bachelor’s)
Concordia University Austin
Education–Sports Administration, 2021 (master’s)
