Alabama deputy AD Matt Self arrested, charged with third-degree domestic violence

Alabama deputy athletic director Matt Self was arrested Sunday in Tuscaloosa and charged with third-degree domestic violence, according to Mike Rodak of AL.com.

Self is a licensed attorney and leads Alabama’s compliance department. He is the football team’s program administrator.

Self, 45, was placed on a 24-hour domestic violence hold and is not listed in the jail inmate database as of Monday morning, according to the report of his arrest.

“According to Tuscaloosa Police Department spokeswoman Stephanie Taylor, police were called to a home shortly after midnight Sunday,” Rodak wrote, alongside colleague Carol Robinson. “As a result of the investigation, Self was charged with third-degree domestic violence. He appeared Sunday evening in the inmate database of Tuscaloosa County jail.”

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Alabama released a statement regarding the matter.

“Alabama Athletics is aware of this incident,” an athletics department spokesperson said in a statement, via AL.com. “We take such matters seriously and will continue to gather more information to address this personnel matter.”

Self served as the department’s football administrator since the departure of executive deputy athletics director Jeff Purinton last May, who became Arkansas State’s athletic director.

According to his athletic department biography, Self is “responsible for all areas of compliance with NCAA, SEC and UA rules and regulations, monitoring efforts and investigations. In addition, Self, a member of the department’s executive staff, oversees equipment operations, sports medicine/athletic training, nutrition, strength and conditioning and is the sport administrator for football and volleyball.”

Self earned his law degree from Alabama and was admitted to the State Bar of Alabama in 2004. He appears as a “special member – not authorized for the private practice of law in Alabama” on the Alabama State Bar website.