Matt Lottich (born July 29, 1982)
Current position: Head men’s basketball coach
Current team: Valparaiso Beacons
Current conference: Missouri Valley Conference (MVC)
Valparaiso record: 108-117 (.470)
Overall record: 108-117 (.480)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 1 (2017)
- Missouri Valley Regular Season Champion: 0
- Horizon League Regular Season Champion: 1 (2017)
- Missouri Valley Tournament Champion: 0
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
2016-present | Valparaiso |
2013-2016 | Valparaiso (asst) |
Matt Lottich Facts
- Matthew Lottich
- Born July 29, 1982
- Hometown: Winnetka, Illinois
- Alma Mater: Stanford University (BA, 2004)
- Named 2000 Athlete of the Year by the Chicago Tribune after becoming New Trier HS’s all-time leading scorer
- Played for four seasons at Stanford under Hall of Fame head coach Mike Montgomery, graduating in 2004
- Spent the next eight years playing professionally overseas, mostly in Japan but with shorter stints in New Zealand and Germany
- Joined Bryce Drew‘s staff at Valparaiso in 2013 as an assistant; hired in 2016 to be head coach when Drew left for Vanderbilt
- Won the 2017 Horizon League championship, earning the Crusaders a trip to the NIT, before the program moved to the Missouri Valley at the start of the following the season
- Along with his wife, Kylan, has four children
Matt Lottich Coaching Tree
- David Ragland (Evansville)