Matt Fletcher (basketball)

Matt Fletcher is an American college basketball coach, currently the head coach for the Concordia–St. Paul Golden Bears. He is a graduate and a member of the athletics hall of fame at North Branch Area High School. He played basketball at Southwest Minnesota State University[1] where he graduated from with a Bachelor's degree in Sports Management.[2]

Matt Fletcher
Current position
TitleHead Coach
TeamConcordia–St. Paul
ConferenceNSIC
Record4–38
Biographical details
Alma materSMSU
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2008-09Concordia–Moorhead (assistant)
2009-11South St. Paul High School
2011-12Kentucky Wesleyan (assistant)
2012-13Anoka High School
2013-16Upper Iowa (assistant)
2016-20Bethany Lutheran
2020-presentConcordia–St. Paul
Head coaching record
Overall81–70
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
UMAC regular season (2018)
UMAC Tournament (2018, 2020)
Awards
North Branch Athletics Hall of Fame
UMAC Coach of the Year (2018)
(Golf) UMAC Coach of the Year (2019)

Fletcher made many small coaching stops during his early career such as Concordia–Moorhead, South St. Paul High School, Kentucky Wesleyan (where he was also the women's golf coach), and Anoka High School. In 2013 he was hired as an assistant coach for the Upper Iowa Peacocks. He remained there for three seasons.[3]

In 2016, he was hired to his first collegiate head coaching job at Bethany Lutheran College.[4] During his four seasons there, the Vikings won one UMAC regular season championship (2018), two UMAC Tournament championships (2018 and 2020), and made it to the NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament twice (2018 and 2020). In 2018 he was named as the UMAC Coach of the Year. While there, he also served as the head coach of the women's golf team and earned the UMAC Coach of the Year award for golf in 2019.

In April 2020, Fletcher was named as the head of the Concordia–St. Paul Golden Bears of the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference.[5]

He has a wife named Aly and two sons.

Head Coaching Record
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Bethany Lutheran (UMAC) (2016–2020)
2016-17 Bethany Lutheran 17–912–42nd
2017-18 Bethany Lutheran 20–913–31stNCAA DIII second round
2018-19 Bethany Lutheran 18–813–32nd
2019-20 Bethany Lutheran 20–913–32ndNCAA DIII first round
Bethany Lutheran: 76–33 (.697)52–12 (.813)
Concordia–St. Paul (NSIC) (2020–present)
2020-21 Concordia–St. Paul 1–130–1016th
2021-22 Concordia–St. Paul 3–252–1916th
Concordia–St. Paul: 4–38 (.095)2–29 (.065)
Total:81–70 (.536)

      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. "SMSU'S Matt Flatcher Named Second Team All-Conference". SMSU Athletics. 2 March 2006. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  2. "Matt Fletcher". Concordia University, St. Paul Athletics. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  3. Ingels, Doug (18 August 2015). "Fletcher Promoted to UIU Men's Basketball Associate Head Coach". Upper Iowa University Athletics. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  4. Herd, Lucas (4 May 2016). "BLC names Matt Fletcher Head Men's Basketball Coach". UMAC. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
  5. Courrier, Chad (6 April 2020). "Fletcher leaves Bethany for job at Concordia-St. Paul". The Free Press. Retrieved 20 January 2021.
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