Matt Brown
Matt Brown (born December 15, 1969)
Teams coached: UMKC Kangaroos
UMKC record: 64-122 (.344)
Overall record^: 64-122 (.344)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2017-present | State Fair CC |
| 2007-2013 | UMKC |
| 2002-2007 | West Virginia (asst) |
| 1997-2002 | Richmond (asst) |
| 1996-1997 | Florida (admin. asst) |
| 1994-1996 | Marshall (admin. asst) |
| 1993-1994 | Shippensburg (student asst) |
Matt Brown Facts
- Matthew Scott Brown
- Born December 15, 1969
- Alma Mater: Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania (BA, 1994)
- Played basketball for two years at (then D-II) Northern Kentucky for head coach Ken Shields before transferring to Shippensburg (PA) where he played basketball and then served as a student assistant for one season under long-time Raiders’ head coach Rodger Goodling
- Spent three seasons – two at Marshall and one at Florida – as an administrative assistant under Billy Donovan
- Joined John Beilein‘s staff as an assistant coach at Richmond in 1997 and followed him to West Virginia in 2002
- Worked under Beilein for ten seasons in total, going to three NCAA Tournaments (including two Sweet Sixteens and one Elite Eight) and four NITs (including a 2007 title)
- In 2007, Brown was hired as the head coach of the UMKC (now Kansas City) Kangaroos
- Went 64-122 over six seasons, only finishing above .500 once and never reaching the postseason
- Fired in 2013 following a 8-24 season, the second single-digit win season of his tenure
- Later spent one year as the head coach at Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington, MO (closed in 2017)
- Since 2017, Brown has been the head coach at State Fair CC in Sedalia, MO
- Along with his wife, Nikki, has seven children
Matt Brown Coaching Tree
- Kareem Richardson (UMKC)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I level only
