TicketsNick Lamattina joined the Cincinnati football staff as its Director of Player Personnel in December 2025.
Lamattina previously spent the 2022-25 seasons on staff at WKU. He began working for the Hilltoppers as a student in February 2021 under Grant, eventually moving up to a recruiting analyst before being promoted to Assistant Director of Player Personnel and finally Director of Recruiting in April 2024.
His roles included heavy involvement in the high school, junior college and four-year transfer evaluation process while helping plan official visits. One of his career highlights included taking part in WKU’s addition of Austin Reed, a transfer from West Florida who would lead the nation in passing in 2022. The Hilltoppers also produced a top 100 NFL Draft pick in each of Lamattina’s four seasons there.
WKU has won eight or more games in each of the past five years with a 3-1 bowl record.
Lamattina earned his degree in finance from WKU in May 2022 with a certificate in business data analytics.