Matt McGloin was born and raised in the West Side neighborhood of Scranton, Pennsylvania.
The third and youngest son of Paul and Catherine (Walsh) McGloin, Matt and his brothers, Paul and John grew up in a modest, working-class home on South Merrifield Avenue. A home filled with the kind of love and unrelenting energy that you’d have to stand in their living room to believe.
Matt has been incredibly lucky to observe his parents’ life together – their tireless dedication to and support for their sons, their work ethic, their entrepreneurial spirit, their devotion to community. They led by example to prepare their sons to do the same one day.
Matt knew from the beginning, even though he was the youngest McGloin, he liked to be a leader.
He led the team to two PIAA Class AAA district titles and a league title as a three-year starter. For most high school athletes, the story ends here. For McGloin, this was just the beginning.
Watching Joe Paterno lead the Nittany Lions throughout his childhood, playing for the legendary Penn State coach had long been a far-off dream for McGloin. As high school graduation approached, amazingly, that dream was inching closer to reality.
In 2008, Matt was invited to join the Lions as walk-on quarterback, a non-scholarship athlete. Penn State wasn’t sold on McGloin carrying on the tradition of leadership and victory for which starting quarterbacks are responsible.
Five years later, when Matt walked off that deep green Beaver Stadium grass for the final time, he had thrown a school record 46 touchdowns and a second best in Penn State Football history 6,390 yards.
Yes, Matt McGloin likes to be a leader, and he’s up to the job.
By the time McGloin reached high school age he took the reins of the West Scranton football team as quarterback, a position in which he quickly excelled.
with a BA in Broadcast Journalism – Matt was signed to, and played quarterback for, various teams in the National Football League for 6 years, most notably with the (then) Oakland Raiders.
As proud as McGloin is of his achievements on the field, he takes the greatest pride in what he has done off the field throughout the last 7 years, leading the Matt McGloin Fund back at home in Lackawanna County.
The Matt McGloin Fund, which Matt launched in 2016, focuses on supporting the health and well-being of children and young adults. This includes annual scholarships for high school graduates, funding children’s health care needs, supporting homeless youth, and myriad other worthy recipients. To date, the Matt McGloin Fund has donated over $150,000 to local philanthropic causes in Scranton and Greater Lackawanna County.
After graduating from Penn State
It’s this desire and drive to help young people, families, and workers – to make Lackawanna County a better place to live, to work, and to raise a family – that has motivated Matt to run for the office of Commissioner in Lackawanna County. Matt sees public service as a natural extension of the charitable work he has performed over the past 7 years and a rare opportunity to affect change for the better in people’s lives.
Matt and his wife, Bailey, live in Waverly Township with their two boys and their Labrador Retriever, Rudy. Matt and Bailey decided to live and raise their family here because they believe there is no other place in the world like Lackawanna County. They appreciate and value the people who make each community so special, vibrant, and all its own.
