Matt Robinson enters his first season as the safeties coach with the Las Vegas Raiders in 2026. He comes to the Silver and Black after spending the past five years with the Baltimore Ravens (2021-25), working with the outside linebackers in 2025 and assisting the defensive line in 2024.

Matt Robinson enters his first season as the safeties coach with the Las Vegas Raiders in 2026. He comes to the Silver and Black after spending the past five years with the Baltimore Ravens (2021-25), working with the outside linebackers in 2025 and assisting the defensive line in 2024.

In 2023, he was a defensive quality control coach after originally joining the Ravens in 2021 as a defensive coaching fellow.

In 2025, the Ravens finished No. 10 in rushing defense (106.6 avg.) No. 5 in goal-to-go defense (64.7%) and No. 6 in red zone touchdown efficiency (50.8%). Under Robinson's leadership, OLB Tavius Robinson record a career-high 4.5 sacks and rookie second-round draft pick OLB Mike Green played all 17 games and registered 41 tackles (17 solo), 3.5 sacks, seven tackles for loss, 14 quarterback hits and one fumble recovery. Robinson also helped OLB Dre'Mont Jones record 17 tackles, 2.5 sacks and a team-high 15 quarterback hits in his nine starts with Baltimore after being acquired via trade from Tennessee.

In 2024, Baltimore's defense allowed the NFL's fewest rush yards per game (80.1), yards per rush (3.6) and opponent rushing first downs (69), while also ranking No. 2 in both sacks (54) and QB hits (115). OLB Kyle Van Noy (12.5) and Odafe Oweh (10) each set career highs in sacks and became the first pair of Ravens teammates since 2014 to each record double-digit sacks in the same season, with Van Noy earning a Pro Bowl nod for his season achievements.

In 2023, Robinson served as the defensive quality control coach, primarily working with the defensive front. Baltimore's defense became the first unit in NFL history to lead the league in points allowed (16.5), sacks (60) and takeaways (31). Sixteen Ravens defenders registered at least 1 sack and contributed to the unit's league-leading and franchise-record-tying 60 QB takedowns. The defense featured three players with 9-plus sacks (DE/OLB Jadeveon Clowney, DL Nnamdi Madubuike and Van Noy).

Robinson worked primarily with the defensive backs in 2022, who contributed to the NFL's No. 3 unit in points allowed per game (18.5) and defensive red zone touchdown percentage (46.4). He tutored CB Marlon Humphrey as he made his third-career Pro Bowl after finishing as one of two defensive backs in the NFL to record at least three interceptions and three sacks. S Kyle Hamilton earned PFWA All-Rookie honors after becoming one of three defensive backs to post at least five quarterback hits and five passes defensed.

In 2021, he joined the Ravens as a coaching fellow, assisting with the outside linebackers. The Ravens' unit ranked as the No. 1 rush defense (84.5) and No. 3 third-down defense (34.8%). Robinson helped coach Oweh to a team-high three forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries, who joined Suggs (2003) as the only Ravens in team history to produce at least five sacks, multiple forced fumbles and multiple fumbles recoveries in their rookie campaign. The Ravens ranked No. 1 in rush defense (84.5) and No. 3 in third-down defense (34.8%).

Prior to his arrival in Baltimore, Robinson coached for four seasons (2017-20) at the collegiate level with Maryland (2019-20) and Connecticut (2017-18). In 2020, Robinson served as the defensive quality control coach for a Terrapins' defense that averaged 2.8 sacks per game, the second-best mark in the Big Ten. He joined his alma mater as a graduate assistant in 2019 and tutored LB Keandre Jones who posted 15 tackles for loss (seventh in the Big Ten) and team highs in sacks (7), forced fumbles (3) and quarterback hits (3). He began his coaching career at Connecticut in 2017, where he served as a defensive graduate assistant for two seasons.

Personal: A native of Columbia, Md., Robinson played collegiately at the University of Maryland, appearing in 39 games over five seasons (2010-14) for the Terrapins, seeing time at both defensive back and linebacker...He totaled 198 tackles (127 solo), 14.5 tackles for loss, 0.5 sacks, one interception, 13 passes defensed, four forced fumbles and two fumble recoveries...He earned a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and a master's degree in supply chain management.