Matt Matheny
Matt Matheny (born February 11, 1970)
Current position: Assistant men’s basketball coach
Current team: Davidson Wildcats (Head coach: Bob McKillop)
Current conference: Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10)
Teams coached: Elon Phoenix
Elon record: 151-159 (.472)
Overall record: 151-159 (.472)
Career Accomplishments:
- NCAA National Championships: 0
- NCAA Tournament Appearances: 0
- NIT Championships: 0
- NIT Appearances: 0
- CIT Appearances: 1 (2013)
- SoCon Regular Season Champion: 1 (2013)
Awards:
- SoCon Coach of the Year: 1 (2013)
Coaching Career (head coach, unless noted):
| 2022-present | Davidson (asst) |
| 2009-2019 | Elon |
| 2003-2009 | Davidson (assoc. HC) |
| 1993-2003 | Davidson (asst) |
Matt Matheny Facts
- Matthew Matheny
- Born February 11, 1970
- Hometown: Statesville, North Carolina
- Alma Mater: Davidson College (BA, 1992)
- Played football for four years at Davidson and also played basketball for two years under longtime Wildcat’s head coach Bob McKillop
- Briefly played professional football overseas before joining McKillop‘s staff as an assistant in 1993
- Though he did not attend to make coaching a career at first, Matheny ended up working on McKillop‘s staff for sixteen seasons at Davidson
- Promoted to associate head coach in 2003, a position he held for his final six seasons at the school
- Time at Davidson included five trips to the NCAA Tournament, highlighted by Stephen Curry leading the Wildcats to the Elite Eight in 2008
- Hired in March 2009 to become the new head coach at Elon, located less than 100 miles from Davidson
- Won a share of the SoCon title in 2013, earning a trip to the CIT that season
- Fired in March 2019 after ten seasons at the helm for the Phoenix
- Returned to Davidson in May 2022, rejoining the coaching staff of Bob McKillop
- Along with his wife, Jennifer, has one son and one daughter
Matt Matheny Coaching Tree
- Tim Sweeney (Connecticut College, Hobart College)