Matt Bollant

Last updated
Matt Bollant
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Eastern Illinois
Conference OVC
Biographical details
Born (1971-03-13) March 13, 1971 (age 53)
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
Overall357–193 (.649)
Tournaments5–4 (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]

Contents

Head coaching record

Sources: [5] [6]

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Bryan Lions (Appalachian Athletic Conference)(2002–2007)
2002–03Bryan 29–718–42nd [10] NCCAA Mid-East Region Champions
2003–04Bryan 28–520–22nd [11] NAIA
2004–05Bryan 26–819–32nd [12] NCCAA
2005–06Bryan 26–817–31stNAIA Sweet 16
2006–07Bryan 25–816–21stNAIA
Bryan:134–36 (.788)90–14 (.865)
Green Bay Phoenix (Horizon League)(2007–2012)
2007–08Green Bay 26–617–11st WNIT first round
2008–09Green Bay 29–418–01st NCAA first round
2009–10 Green Bay 28–515–31st NCAA second round
2010–11Green Bay 34–218–01st NCAA Sweet 16
2011–12Green Bay 31–217–11st NCAA second round
Green Bay:148–19 (.886)85–5 (.944)
Illinois Fighting Illini (Big Ten Conference)(2012–2017)
2012–13 Illinois 19–149–7T-5th WNIT Quarterfinals
2013–14 Illinois 9–212–1412th
2014–15 Illinois 15–166–1210th
2015–16 Illinois 9–212–1614th
2016–17 Illinois 9–223–13T-11th
Illinois:61–94 (.394)22–62 (.262)
Eastern Illinois (Ohio Valley Conference)(2017–present)
2017–18 Eastern Illinois 3–262–1612th
2018–19 Eastern Illinois 11–185–13T-10th
2019–20 Eastern Illinois 19–1212–64th
2020–21 Eastern Illinois 11–159–118th
2021–22 Eastern Illinois 16–1411–7T-4th
2022–23 Eastern Illinois 21–814–42nd
Eastern Illinois:81–93 (.466)53–57 (.482)
Total:403–234 (.633)

      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

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