Matt McMahon (basketball)

Matt McMahon
Current position
Sport(s)	Basketball
Title	Head coach
Team	Murray State
Conference	OVC
Record	17–14 (.548)
Biographical details
Born	April 26, 1978 Oak Ridge, TN
Alma mater	Appalachian State
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999–2000	Appalachian State (student asst.)
2000–2002	Tennessee (grad asst.)
2002-2010	Appalachian State (asst.)
2010–2011	UNC-Wilmington (asst.)
2011–2015	Murray State (asst.)
2015	Louisiana Tech (asst.)
2015–present	Murray State
Head coaching record
Overall	17–14 (.548)

Matt McMahon (born April 26, 1978) is the current men's college basketball head coach for the Murray State Racers.^[1]

Coaching career

McMahon was an assistant coach at Appalachian State from 2000 to 2010 and at UNC Wilmington from 2010 to 2011. He was named an assistant coach at Murray State in 2011, guiding the Racers to 104 victories in four years.^[2] McMahon was hired as an assistant to Eric Konkol at Louisiana Tech on May 27, 2015. On June 10, McMahon was hired as head coach of Murray State. He replaced Steve Prohm, who left to take the job at Iowa State University.^[1] "I am so excited to know that Coach McMahon will be returning to Murray State to lead the Racers," Murray State athletic director Allen Ward said. "After watching him for four years, I'm convinced he's the right man for the job. He's an outstanding coach, nationally recognized as one of the top assistants in the country, with a tremendous upside. Matt has the talent and integrity to continue the momentum we've built, put his own stamp on the program, and meet the expectations that come with being the head coach at Murray State."^[2]

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing
Murray State (OVC) (2015–present)
2015–16	Murray State	17–14	10–6	T–1st (West)
Murray State Racers:		17–14 (.548)	10–6 (.625)
Total:		17–14 (.548)
National champion Postseason invitational champion Conference regular season champion Conference regular season and conference tournament champion Division regular season champion Division regular season and conference tournament champion Conference tournament champion

References

1 2 Isabella, Sean (June 10, 2015). "Matt McMahon leaves Tech for Murray State 2 weeks after hire". The News-Star. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
1 2 Schlager, Brandon (June 10, 2015). "Murray State names Matt McMahon next head coach". The Sporting News. Retrieved June 10, 2015.

Murray State Racers men's basketball head coaches

Carlisle Cutchin (1925–1941)
Rice Mountjoy (1941–1942)
John Miller (1942–1947)
Carlisle Cutchin # (1947–1948)
Harlan Hodges (1948–1954)
Rex Alexander (1954–1958)
Cal Luther (1958–1974)
Fred Overton (1974–1978)
Ron Greene (1978–1985)
Steve Newton (1985–1991)
Scott Edgar (1991–1995)
Mark Gottfried (1995–1998)
Tevester Anderson (1998–2003)
Mick Cronin (2003–2006)
Billy Kennedy (2006–2011)
Steve Prohm (2011–2015)
Matt McMahon (2015– )

Pound sign (#) denotes interim head coach.

Current men's basketball head coaches of the Ohio Valley Conference

East: Rick Byrd (Belmont) Dan McHale (Eastern Kentucky) Ray Harper (Jacksonville State) Sean Woods (Morehead State) Dana Ford (Tennessee State) Steve Payne (Tennessee Tech)

West: Dave Loos (Austin Peay) Jay Spoonhour (Eastern Illinois) Matt McMahon (Murray State) Jon Harris (SIU Edwardsville) Rick Ray (Southeast Missouri State) Vacant (Tennessee–Martin)

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