Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Eastern Illinois |
Conference | OVC |
Biographical details | |
Born | March 13, 1971 |
Alma mater | Winona State University, B.A., 1994 American InterContinental University, M.A. |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
1997–2000 | Evansville (assistant) |
2000–2002 | Indiana (assistant) |
2002–2007 | Bryan |
2007–2012 | Green Bay |
2012–2017 | Illinois |
2017–present | Eastern Illinois |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 357–193 (.649) |
Tournaments | 5–4 (NCAA) 3–2 (WNIT) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Awards | |
AAC Coach of the Year (2007) 3× Horizon Coach of the Year (2008, 2009, 2011) Kay Yow National Coach of the Year (2011) | |
Matthew Mark Bollant (born March 13, 1971) [1] is the head coach for the Eastern Illinois Panthers women's basketball team. [2] Previously, he served as the head women's basketball coach at the University of Illinois, and before that, he served as head coach of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball team. In 2011, he led the Phoenix to its first Sweet Sixteen appearance. [3] He came to the Phoenix after serving as the head coach at Bryan College for five seasons and as an assistant coach at Indiana and Evansville for two and one seasons, respectively. [4]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Bryan Lions (Appalachian Athletic Conference)(2002–2007) | |||||||||
2002–03 | Bryan | 29–7 | 18–4 | 2nd [10] | NCCAA Mid-East Region Champions | ||||
2003–04 | Bryan | 28–5 | 20–2 | 2nd [11] | NAIA | ||||
2004–05 | Bryan | 26–8 | 19–3 | 2nd [12] | NCCAA | ||||
2005–06 | Bryan | 26–8 | 17–3 | 1st | NAIA Sweet 16 | ||||
2006–07 | Bryan | 25–8 | 16–2 | 1st | NAIA | ||||
Bryan: | 134–36 (.788) | 90–14 (.865) | |||||||
Green Bay Phoenix (Horizon League)(2007–2012) | |||||||||
2007–08 | Green Bay | 26–6 | 17–1 | 1st | WNIT first round | ||||
2008–09 | Green Bay | 29–4 | 18–0 | 1st | NCAA first round | ||||
2009–10 | Green Bay | 28–5 | 15–3 | 1st | NCAA second round | ||||
2010–11 | Green Bay | 34–2 | 18–0 | 1st | NCAA Sweet 16 | ||||
2011–12 | Green Bay | 31–2 | 17–1 | 1st | NCAA second round | ||||
Green Bay: | 148–19 (.886) | 85–5 (.944) | |||||||
Illinois Fighting Illini (Big Ten Conference)(2012–2017) | |||||||||
2012–13 | Illinois | 19–14 | 9–7 | T-5th | WNIT Quarterfinals | ||||
2013–14 | Illinois | 9–21 | 2–14 | 12th | |||||
2014–15 | Illinois | 15–16 | 6–12 | 10th | |||||
2015–16 | Illinois | 9–21 | 2–16 | 14th | |||||
2016–17 | Illinois | 9–22 | 3–13 | T-11th | |||||
Illinois: | 61–94 (.394) | 22–62 (.262) | |||||||
Eastern Illinois (Ohio Valley Conference)(2017–present) | |||||||||
2017–18 | Eastern Illinois | 3–26 | 2–16 | 12th | |||||
2018–19 | Eastern Illinois | 11–18 | 5–13 | T-10th | |||||
2019–20 | Eastern Illinois | 19–12 | 12–6 | 4th | |||||
2020–21 | Eastern Illinois | 11–15 | 9–11 | 8th | |||||
2021–22 | Eastern Illinois | 16–14 | 11–7 | T-4th | |||||
2022–23 | Eastern Illinois | 21–8 | 14–4 | 2nd | |||||
Eastern Illinois: | 81–93 (.466) | 53–57 (.482) | |||||||
Total: | 403–234 (.633) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
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