Matt Kilcullen
Matt Kilcullen (born October 31, 1954)
Current position: Castleton State Spartans, Jacksonville Dolphins, Western Kentucky Hilltoppers, North Florida Ospreys
Castleton State record^: 18-52 (.257)
Jacksonville record: 34-50 (.405)
Western Kentucky record: 59-49 (.546)
North Florida record^: 98-186 (.345)
Overall record^: 209-337 (.382)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 1 (1995)
- NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- Sun Belt Regular Season Champion: 1 (1995)
- Sun Belt Tournament Champion: 1 (1995)
Awards:
- Sun Belt Coach of the Year: 2 (1994, 1995)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 1999-2009 | North Florida |
| 1998-1999 | Manhattan (asst) |
| 1994-1998 | Western Kentucky |
| 1991-1994 | Jacksonville |
| 1985-1991 | Notre Dame (asst) |
| 1982-1985 | Siena (asst) |
| 1979-1982 | Castleton State |
| 1978-1979 | Delaware Valley (asst) |
Matt Kilcullen Facts
- Matt Kilcullen, Jr.
- Born October 31, 1954
- Hometown: Bronx, New York
- Alma Mater: Herbert H. Lehman College (BS, 1976) / University of North Florida (M.Ed, 2012)
- Graduated from Cardinal Hayes HS (NY) then played at Lehman College, both in the Bronx, NY
- Inducted into the Lehman Athletics Hall of Fame in 1999
- First coaching jobs were as an assistant at Delaware Valley and head coach at D-III Castleton State (VT)
- Went 28-47 in three seasons at Castleton, improving from 2 wins in 1979-80 to 14 in 1981-82
- Moved up to the D-I level in 1982, spending three seasons on John Griffin‘s staff at Siena
- Next was a six-year stint assisting longtime Notre Dame head coach Digger Phelps
- Was part of five NCAA Tournaments with the Irish, including a trip to the 1987 Sweet Sixteen
- Became a D-I head coach in 1991, going 34-50 in three seasons at Jacksonville University
- Next coached at Western Kentucky, leading the Hilltoppers for four seasons (59-49 overall)
- Best year was his first, as WKU went 27-4 and swept the Sun Belt regular season and Tournament titles to earn a spot in the NCAA Tournament (a first for Kilcullen as a head coach)
- 8-seed WKU defeated 9-seed Michigan in OT in the first round before losing to 1-seed Kansas
- After one year on John Leonard’s staff at Manhattan, he moved down South to be head coach at (then D-II) North Florida
- Led the Ospreys for ten seasons, going 98-186 overall and helping transition to D-I competition
- Fired in 2009 after UNF won less than 10 games in each of its first four seasons in the Sun Belt
- Began working as the Assistant AD at North Florida after that, holding that title from 2009-11
- Hired in 2011 to be the Assistant VP for Athletic Fundraising at D-II Florida Tech in Melbourne, FL
- Moved back to New York in 2014, becoming the Director of Athletics at D-II Mercy College in Dobbs Ferry, NY
Matt Kilcullen Coaching Tree
- Jim Christian (Canisius, Boston College, Ohio, TCU, Kent State)
- Glynn Cyprien (Memphis Hustle, Iowa Energy)
- Darrin Horn (Northern Kentucky, South Carolina, Western Kentucky)
- Al Seibert (Western Kentucky)
^ overall record includes head coaching positions at NCAA Division I, Division II and Division III levels; UNF was a D-II program in the beginning of Kilcullen’s tenure there and started to transition to D-I in 2005