Matt Furjanic
Matt Furjanic (born October 26, 1950)
Teams coached: Robert Morris Colonials, Marist Red Foxes, Pitt-Greensburg Bobcats
Robert Morris record: 73-71 (.507)
Marist record: 36-24 (.600)
Pitt-Greensburg record^: 68-61 (.527)
Overall record^: 177-156 (.532)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 3 (1982, 1983, 1986)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- NEC Regular Season Champion: 4 (1982, 1983, 1984, 1985)
- AMCC (Div III) Tournament Champion: 2 (1999, 2000)
- NEC Tournament Champion: 3 (1982, 1983, 1986)
Awards:
- NEC Coach of the Year: 1 (1983)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2000-2017 | Polk College |
| 1995-2000 | Pitt-Greensburg |
| 1984-1986 | Marist |
| 1979-1984 | Robert Morris |
| 1977-1979 | Robert Morris (asst) |
Matt Furjanic Facts
- Matthew Furjanic Jr.
- Born October 26, 1950
- Hometown: Rankin, Pennsylvania
- Alma Mater: Point Park College (BA, 1973)
- Played on the freshman team at Pittsburgh then transferred to Point Park (PA), where he played on the JV team
- Started his coaching career at General Braddock HS (PA), first as an assistant (1972-75) then as head coach (1975-77)
- Spent two seasons as an assistant under Tom Weirich at Robert Morris before becoming the head coach in 1979
- Went 73-71 in five seasons at the helm, building up from single-digit wins to three-straight ECACM (now NEC) titles
- Also won conference tournament crowns in 1982 and 1983 to reach the first two NCAA Tournaments in program history
- Inducted into the RMU Athletic Hall of Fame as an individual in 2007 and with the 1982-83 NCAA Tournament squad in 2014
- Left Robert Morris for conference rival Marist in 1984, winning a fourth league title in 1985 (the first for the program)
- Was 36-24 in two seasons, including a trip to the NCAA Tournament in 1986 for the first-time in program history
- Furjanic coached future NBA All-Star Rik Smits while at Marist; was fired in 1986 despite the success he and his staff had
- Was the head coach at Woodland Hills HS in Pittsburgh from 1991 to 1995
- Spent five seasons as the head coach at D-III Pitt-Greensburg, going 68-61 during that tenure
- Improved from 7 wins in his first season to 17 and 21 wins in his fourth and fifth seasons, respectively
- Won two AMCC Tournament titles and played in the ECAC D-III postseason tournament twice
- From 2000 to 2017, Furjanic was the head coach NCJAA Polk State College in Winter Haven, Florida
- He was 319-214 overall and won six Suncoast Conference titles (2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2013)
- Returned to Woodland Hills HS (PA) for a second stint as head coach in 2019 but resigned in January 2021
- Inducted into the Pennsylvania Hall of Fame (East Boros Chapter) in 1990 and the Pittsburgh Basketball Hall of Fame in 2013
Matt Furjanic Coaching Tree
- Jarrett Durham (Robert Morris)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at the NCAA Division I and Division III levels only
