Matt Lottich
Matt Lottich (born July 29, 1982)
Current position: Special assistant to the head coach
Current team: Missouri Tigers (Head coach: Dennis Gates)
Current conference: Southeastern Conference (SEC)
Teams coached: Valparaiso Beacons
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)
- Horizon League Regular Season Champion: 1 (2017)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2023-present | Missouri (special asst. to the HC) |
| 2016-2023 | 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
- In March 2023, Lottich was fired after seven seasons; Valpo was not having success in the MVC and Lottich finished with a 108-117 record
- Lottich was hired as special assistant to head coach Dennis Gates at Missouri in June 2023
Matt Lottich Coaching Tree
- David Ragland (Evansville)
