Matt Painter played college basketball at Purdue from 1989 to 1993.
45 Facts About Matt Painter
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Matt Painter was the head coach of the Southern Illinois Salukis from 2003 to 2004.
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Matt Painter attended high school at Delta High School in Muncie, Indiana.
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Immediately afterward, Matt Painter signed a six-year deal as head coach of the Purdue Boilermakers, where he would spend a year as a coach-in-waiting until Gene Keady's retirement at the end of the season.
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Matt Painter has coached a total of nine players who went on to play in the NBA in his tenure at Purdue University, with three of them being drafted in the first round of the NBA draft.
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Matt Painter was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and attended Delta High School, in Muncie, Indiana.
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Matt Painter played basketball for former basketball coach and athletic director, Stan Daugherty.
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Matt Painter grew up a big IU fan and dreamed of playing for legendary coach Bobby Knight at IU: however, Coach Knight never offered him a scholarship.
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Matt Painter played four seasons as a Boilermakers point guard under head coach Gene Keady and assistants Bruce Weber and Steve Lavin.
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Matt Painter helped lead the Boilermakers to three NCAA Tournaments and one NIT appearance, with his best NCAA Tourney finish being the Round of 32.
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Matt Painter was teammates with Jimmy Oliver, Steve Scheffler and Glenn Robinson.
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Matt Painter finished his career averaging 4.5 points-per-game and totaling 276 assists.
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Matt Painter then moved to Division I as an assistant coach at Eastern Illinois of the Ohio Valley Conference, where he received his master's degree.
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Matt Painter was previously acquainted with him while Weber was an assistant coach at Purdue during Matt Painter's playing days.
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Weber and Matt Painter quickly turned a team that had a losing record the previous season into a successful team.
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Matt Painter helped lead the Salukis to the NIT in 2000 and twice to the NCAA Tournament the following seasons while an assistant coach.
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In 2003, Weber's and Matt Painter's Salukis were featured on MTV's special True Life: I Am a College Baller.
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In 2004, Matt Painter was recruited by Purdue as the replacement for retiring head coach Gene Keady.
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Matt Painter signed a six-year contract as the new Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball coach.
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Matt Painter joined former teammate Cuonzo Martin on the coaching staff.
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Matt Painter achieved notable recruiting success, signing one of the top five recruiting classes in the nation for 2007, all coming from the state of Indiana.
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Matt Painter started at least three freshmen in every game at the start of the '07-'08 season, making it the youngest starting line-up in the nation.
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Matt Painter was eventually named the Big Ten Conference Coach of the Year.
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On May 12,2009, Matt Painter accepted an assistant coach position for the 2009 USA Basketball U19 World Championships team.
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Matt Painter returned his entire regular starting five, including three all-conference selections in JaJuan Johnson, E'Twaun Moore, and Robbie Hummel.
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Matt Painter started his fifth season at Purdue with his team receiving a preseason 7th overall ranking by both the Associated Press and Coaches Polls, the program's highest in 22 years.
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In preseason play, Matt Painter's team began the season ranked as high as eighth in the nation and fell as low as 22nd following a loss to Richmond in the Chicago Invitational finals.
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Matt Painter's Boilers went undefeated at home on the season for the first time in 42 years.
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Matt Painter received his highest NCAA tournament seeding as a coach, with No 13-ranked Purdue being named a No 3 seed in the Tournament.
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On March 30,2011, it was reported that Matt Painter might accept the University of Missouri head coaching position.
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However, after the initial reports surfaced, Purdue announced that Matt Painter had accepted a new eight-year deal to remain with the school.
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On November 11, Matt Painter's squad opened the season beating Northern Illinois by 62 points, the program's highest win margin since 1911.
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Matt Painter's team received its first loss of the season against No 15-ranked Alabama in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off title game.
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Against Illinois on New Year's Eve, Matt Painter received his 150th win at Purdue and his 175th career win as a head coach.
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Three times in conference play, Matt Painter's squad committed a school-record three turnovers in a game, losing all three, which included a three-point loss in a road game against No 3 Ohio State.
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Matt Painter got his first win against a ranked team on the season beating No 11 Michigan on the road by 14 points, giving Michigan their only home loss on the season.
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Matt Painter began the 2013 season after losing three senior starters from the previous season including All-American Robbie Hummel and point guard Lewis Jackson.
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Matt Painter's squad made improvement towards the end of the season, after going through much inconsistency, getting wins at No 7 Wisconsin, a near upset against of No 7 Michigan, and a blowout win against Minnesota, Matt Painter's 200th career win.
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Hammons and Rapheal Davis and the additional lift of transfer senior point guard John Octeus, Matt Painter's squad turned things around in conference play.
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Matt Painter accomplished a first in his coaching career by landing a five-star recruit in 2015 Indiana Mr Basketball Caleb Swanigan, who switched his commitment from Michigan State to Purdue.
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On January 13,2023, Matt Painter became only the fifth coach in Big Ten history to win 400 games.
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Matt Painter has been married to his wife Sherry since October 2018.
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Matt Painter has three children: Maggie, Brayden and Wyatt Painter.
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Matt Painter is not related to former Purdue quarterback Curtis Painter.
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In 1994, Matt Painter had a brief role in the Nick Nolte film Blue Chips, playing for the fictitious "Coast" squad.