Matt McMahon
Matt McMahon (born April 26, 1978)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: LSU Tigers
Current conference: Southeastern Conference (SEC)
Murray State record: 154-67 (.697)
LSU record: 31-35 (.470)
Overall record: 185-102 (.645)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 3 (2018, 2019, 2022)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (2024)
- SEC Regular Season Champion: 0
- Ohio Valley Regular Season Champion: 4 (2018, 2019, 2020, 2022)
- SEC Tournament Champion: 0
- Ohio Valley Tournament Champion: 3 (2018, 2019, 2022)
Awards:
- Ohio Valley Coach of the Year: 1 (2022)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2022-present | LSU |
| 2015-2022 | Murray State |
| 2011-2015 | Murray State (asst) |
| 2010-2011 | UNC Wilmington (asst) |
| 2002-2010 | Appalachian State (asst) |
| 2001-2002 | Tennessee (grad. asst) |
| 2000-2001 | Appalachian State (student asst) |
Matt McMahon Facts
- Matt McMahon
- Born April 26, 1978
- Hometown: Oak Ridge, Tennessee
- Alma Mater: Appalachian State University (BA, 2000)
- Played four seasons at App State for Buzz Peterson; stayed on as a student assistant for one season under Houston Fancher
- Rejoined Peterson in 2001 as a grad assistant at Tennessee before returning to App State in 2002 as one of Fancher‘s assistants
- After eight seasons with the Mountaineers (nine under Fancher and one under Peterson), McMahon joined Peterson‘s staff at his new job UNC Wilmington
- Was hired as an assistant at Murray State by Steve Prohm in 2011, staying on his staff until he left the program in 2015
- McMahon had actually accepted a position as an assistant at Louisiana Tech but returned to Murray to be head coach
- Led the Racers to both an Ohio Valley title and Tournament championship in his third season (2018) and repeated both titles the following year; earned trips to the NCAA Tournament in both years
- Won a fourth OVC title in 2022, going a perfect 18-0 in league play, then won the OVC Tournament for the third time; McMahon was named OVC COY for the first time in his tenure
- Left Murray in March 2022 to become the head coach of the LSU Tigers
Matt McMahon Coaching Tree
- Cody Toppert (Capital City Go-Go)
