Matthew Graves was born on November 9,1974 and is an American college basketball coach and former player who is currently the head coach at Indiana State University.
23 Facts About Matthew Graves
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Matthew Graves was previously the head coach at the University of South Alabama.
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Matthew Graves played college basketball for the Butler Bulldogs from 1993 to 1998.
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Matthew Graves made the All-Horizon Tournament team and GTE Academic All-District team that year.
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Matthew Graves was listed as one of the top assistant coaches in college basketball on multiple occasions prior to his promotion to head coach.
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Matthew Graves is the son of Rick and Melonie Graves.
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One of four children, all boys, Matthew Graves grew up in the small town of Switz City, Indiana.
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Matthew Graves played high school basketball for White River Valley where he was an All-State honorable mention recipient his junior year.
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Graves was in college, Matthew was on the Butler staff.
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Matthew Graves played college basketball for Butler from 1993 to 1998.
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Matthew Graves scored a career high of 42 points against Cleveland State, fifth most by a Butler player in a single game.
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In total, Matthew Graves scored 994 points during his Butler career.
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Matthew Graves earned a Bachelor of Science degree in education, specialization chemistry, in 1998.
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Matthew Graves received a master's degree in education administration from Butler in 2003.
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Matthew Graves spent two seasons in the position before being promoted to assistant coaching in 2003.
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Matthew Graves continued to work his way up the coaching ranks at Butler, becoming associate head coach under Brad Stevens in 2010.
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On March 25,2013, Matthew Graves was named as the new head coach of the South Alabama Jaguars.
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Matthew Graves had previously turned down Division II head coaching offers, saying he was waiting for the right job to come along.
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Matthew Graves expects South Alabama to be competitive from day one.
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Matthew Graves was joined on the staff by his former head coach at Butler, Todd Lickliter, who became an assistant at Evansville.
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Matthew Graves said to expect "very hard-nosed and tough" defensive play and "a defensive-oriented team".
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Matthew Graves said the offensive plan would change year-to-year based on player skill sets.
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Matthew Graves added that he will expect maximum hustle from his players at all times.