Adam RittenbergESPN Senior Writer Oct 26, 2023, 5:38pm ET1 minute read
The FBI has joined the University of Michigan Police Department’s investigation into former Wolverines assistant football coach Matt Weiss, who was fired in January following a report of unauthorized computer access to the school’s football facility.
Deputy Chief Melissa Overton confirmed the FBI’s involvement to ESPN on Thursday, adding that the investigation was “extensive, ongoing and of the highest priority” and covered multiple states.
Weiss, who spent the 2021 and 2022 seasons at Michigan and most recently served as co-offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, has not been charged with a crime.
In a letter to Weiss obtained by the Associated Press, Michigan assistant athletic director Doug Gnodtke wrote that the school had evidence that he “inappropriately accessed accounts” at Schembechler Hall, home to the school’s football offices condition.
Michigan told Weiss that it had fired him after he failed to attend a meeting to discuss whether he had been given access to the accounts. A Michigan employee reported “fraudulent activity involving unauthorized access to university email accounts” on Jan. 5, according to the university police log.
Weiss told ESPN’s Pete Thamel in January that he would cooperate with the investigation.
A spokesman for the University of Michigan Police Department told ESPN’s Dan Murphy that the investigation into Weiss is unrelated to the NCAA’s investigation into off-campus spying and signal theft involving the program and employee Connor Stalions, which began in 2021 program before officially joining the staff in 2022.