Hairs to you. Matt has orchestrated major deals for professional athletes such as Jrue Holiday, Marcus Smart, Jaylon Johnson and Cole Kmet. Most recently, Matt worked with four-time NBA All-Star and Finals MVP for the Boston Celtics Jaylen Brown, who partnered with Nutrafol—a major hair restoration company. Matt also helped facilitate a campaign with Eagles offensive lineman Lane Johnson and personal care company Conair focused on mental health awareness. 

Jersey kid. Matt credits his success to growing up in Central Jersey, where his parents and brother instilled a strong work ethic and provided a support system that “continues to serve as the backbone” in his life, Matt says. A soccer star in high school, Matt considered playing collegiately before deciding a career on the business side of sports was a safer bet. He chose Temple because it offered one of the “best possible” sports management programs in the country.

At Temple, Matt found opportunities to start working with professional sports companies like South Philadelphia’s Xfinity Mobile Arena as early as his first year. By senior year he secured a full-time, in-person internship with a major sports agency in New York City, which offered him his first job even in the throes of the pandemic. 

During leadership roles in Fox’s Sport and Governance Association and at his social fraternity, Kappa Sigma, Matt made mentorship a priority. Later, as a professional, Matt ran internship programs at prior employers Athlete-Driven Worldwide and Maxx MGMT and now regularly fields cold calls and LinkedIn messages weekly from students and early career professionals seeking advice.