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*Matt Wyatt, Sports Information Director/Public Information Assistant
Matt Wyatt joined the Northeast Mississippi Community College staff in October of 2006 as Sports Information Director/Assistant Public Information Officer. The Prattville, Alabama, native brings experience to Northeast as a former S.E.C. (Southeastern Conference) student-athlete, and as a former sports anchor/reporter in local television.
Wyatt is credited with the construction of the current NEMCC athletic website. Along with the daily update of the Northeast athletic website, Wyatt's duties include working with members of the local media as they cover NEMCC sporting events and other campus happenings, constructing and sending press releases to local media outlets regarding NEMCC, and helping the Tigers' coaching staff recruiting efforts, and keeping statistics.
Wyatt graduated from Mississippi State University in May of 2000 with a B.S. in Sports Communication. While at MSU from 1995-2000, Wyatt was a member of the football team and played quarterback for coach Jackie Sherrill and the Mississippi State Bulldogs. After redshirting during the ’95 season, Wyatt played in 10 games for the Bulldogs in 1996 as a redshirt freshman, earning a starting spot in games played against South Carolina and Auburn. During his sophomore season at quarterback, Wyatt earned a starting position and helped MSU to a 7-win season. The former Prattville High School standout shared the quarterbacking duties with Wayne Madkin during his next two seasons earning four starting nods. During the 1998 and 1999 seasons, Wyatt played in the Southeastern Conference Championship Game in Atlanta, Ga. (vs. Tennessee, 1998), in the Cotton Bowl (vs. Texas, 1998), led the largest fourth quarter comeback in MSU football history (vs. Auburn, 1999) and was part of a team that won ten games capped by a victory over Clemson in the Peach Bowl during the 1999 season.
Several of Wyatt’s Mississippi State teammates have made names for themselves in the NFL. Those include: Reggie Kelly (Cincinnati Bengals), Justin Griffith (Atlanta Falcons), Mario Haggan (Buffalo Bills), Eric Moulds (Houston Texans), Floyd “Pork Chop” Womack (Seattle Seahawks), Randy Thomas (Washington Redskins), Fred Smoot (Minnesota Vikings), Willie Blade (Jacksonville Jaguars), Eric Brown (Houston Texans), Dorsett Davis (Denver Broncos), Greg Favors (Jacksonville Jaguars), Walt Harris (Washington Redskins), Donald Lee (Green Bay Packers), and Ellis Wyms (Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
Upon graduation in May of 2000, Wyatt moved to Hamburg, Germany, where he played professional football in the GFL (German Football League) and was the starting quarterback for the Hamburg Blue Devils. Aside from traveling Europe and meeting some interestion people, Wyatt says the highlight of his time in Germany was leading the Blue Devils to the 2000 EuroBowl Championship Game.
Wyatt worked as a sports reporter for WTVA Television in Tupelo, Miss. from 2001-2003. In June of 2003, he accepted a position with WTVA as weekend sports anchor and reporter. Wyatt notes the highlights of his 5-years of media experience being; covering MSU and Ole Miss football, basketball, and baseball games, covering high school sports including the state championships in Jackson, Miss. each year, and coming to Booneville, Miss. on a regular basis to cover Northeast Tiger sporting events.
Matt is engaged to be married to miss Annabeth Freeman of Tupelo, on July 26, 2008.
Click here to email Matt: mjwyatt@nemcc.edu