Lynn Otto Matthews (born 1944) is an American former college football player who was recognized as an All-American.
[1] He attended Chamberlain High School in Tampa, and he played high school football as Captain for the Chamberlain Chiefs, earning a spot on the All-City, All-Conference, and All-State Football Teams.
[3] He was a three-year letterman and was the defensive hero for the Gators in a 14–0 win over the Auburn Tigers in 1964.
In 1999, he was promoted to be the president and chief operating officer of the Times Regional Newspaper Group, then consisting of twenty-one Times newspapers located mostly in the southeastern United States, including the Herald-Tribune and The Ledger.
[8] Matthews retired from the Times Regional Newspaper Group at the end of 2002, after nearly thirty years with the company.