Matthew Langel was born on November 21,1977 and is an American college basketball coach who is currently the head coach for the Colgate Raiders men's basketball team.
16 Facts About Matt Langel
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Matt Langel previously served as an assistant for the Temple Owls men's basketball team for five seasons under Fran Dunphy.
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From 1996 to 2000, Langel attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he starred on the Quaker basketball team under coach Fran Dunphy.
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On February 5,2000, against Brown University, Matt Langel knocked down eight three-point shots, two shy of the school record.
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Matt Langel netted 70 3-pointers on the season, eighth in Penn history.
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Matt Langel finished his career at the University of Pennsylvania with 1,191 points.
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Matt Langel tried out for the Seattle SuperSonics in 2000, but did not make the squad.
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Matt Langel began his professional career playing for Chene BC in Switzerland and ALM Evreux Basket in the France Pro A league.
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In 2001, Matt Langel worked out in the Philadelphia 76ers summer camp before Mitteldeutscher BC and Phoenix Hagen in German Bundesliga I came calling.
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Matt Langel ended his professional career with Eiffel Towers in the Netherlands.
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In November 2004, Matt Langel joined the Penn coaching staff as an assistant to Fran Dunphy.
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Matt Langel thought that his relative youth would provide a different perspective in coaching Quaker players.
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Matt Langel made two more recruiting trips to Argentina before Fernandez signed his letter of intent.
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In 2022, Matt Langel was named as a training camp assistant for the USA Basketball men's U18 national team, under Colorado head coach Tad Boyle.
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Matt Langel was born and raised in Moorestown, New Jersey, where he attended Moorestown Friends School and then transferred to Moorestown High School, where he scored 1,497 points on the basketball team and graduated in 1996.
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Matt Langel is married to Tara Twomey Langel, who played basketball at the University of Pennsylvania.