Matt Sommers joined the Lumberjacks in January 2024 as the football strength and conditioning coach. The 2024 season is his first on staff.
 
Before NAU, Sommers spent two seasons at Pittsburg State University with Coach Brian Wright as the Director of Sports Performance.
 
Before Pitt State, Sommers was the Director of Sports Performance at Youngstown State University. At YSU, he oversaw program development and day-to-day operations of eight sports performance coaches. Sommers worked with the Penguins football, baseball, volleyball, cross country and track and field athletes.
 
Prior to YSU, Sommers also worked in strength and conditioning and sports performance positions at the University of Findlay, the University of Texas, and Kent State University. He earned a bachelor's degree in exercise science at Kent State in May 2018, after enjoying a four-year football career for the Golden Flashes (2014-17).