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Matt Raich enters his first season with the Cardinals as a defensive assistant after joining the team on 2/6/07. Previously an offensive assistant under current Cardinals head coach Ken Whisenhunt with the Pittsburgh Steelers the past three seasons (2004-06), Raich makes the switch to defense where he played in college.
Raich joined the Steelers coaching staff prior to the 2004 season after spending the previous two years as an intern in the Pittsburgh player personnel department. In his previous position with the Steelers, Raich helped the offense and the entire coaching staff with its game preparation, video analysis and scouting of future opponents.
Prior to joining the Steelers scouting department in 2002, Raich served two seasons as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Robert Morris (2000-02). He also held assistant coaching positions at Glenville State (1999), Robert Morris (1996-98) and Westminster (1993-94). In addition, he served as the defensive coordinator and secondary coach for the Hildesheim Invaders Football Club in the German Federal League in the spring of 1999.
A Monaca, PA native who was born on August 16, 1970, Raich was a standout middle linebacker at Westminster College (PA) from 1989-1992 and a member of Titans' 1989 NAIA National Championship team. He was a three-time NAIA All-American and ended his career as the school's all-time leading tackler. Raich graduated from Westminster in 1994 with a bachelor’s in education and was inducted into the Titans Sports Hall of Fame in 2002. | 