Matt Doherty (basketball)
| Sport(s) | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
February 25, 1962 East Meadow, New York |
| Playing career | |
| 1980–1984 | North Carolina |
| Position(s) | Small forward |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1989–1992 | Davidson (asst.) |
| 1992–1999 | Kansas (asst.) |
| 1999–2000 | Notre Dame |
| 2000–2003 | North Carolina |
| 2005–2006 | Florida Atlantic |
| 2006–2012 | SMU |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| ACC regular season championship (2001) | |
| Awards | |
| AP National Coach of the Year (2001) | |
Matthew Francis "Matt" Doherty (born February 25, 1962) is a former American college basketball coach and current scout for the Indiana Pacers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is the former head men's basketball coach at the University of Notre Dame, the University of North Carolina, Florida Atlantic University, and Southern Methodist University. He has also worked as an NCAA basketball analyst for ESPN.
Doherty played high school basketball on his native Long Island at Holy Trinity High School before being recruited to North Carolina by legendary coach Dean Smith in 1980. Doherty was a four-year letterman and sometimes starter for North Carolina, and in those four seasons the Tar Heels amassed a record of 117 wins and 21 losses and won the NCAA National Championship in 1982.
Doherty was drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the sixth round, with the 119th overall pick, of the 1984 NBA Draft. Doherty never played in the NBA and went on to work on Wall Street for several years.
In 1989 Doherty was hired as an assistant basketball coach at Davidson College by head coach Bob McKillop, who coached Doherty at Holy Trinity High School in Hicksville, New York. In 1992 Doherty moved to the University of Kansas as an assistant coach under Roy Williams, who had been an assistant to Dean Smith during Doherty's years at North Carolina. During Doherty's time at Kansas, the Jayhawks won four Big 8 and Big 12 titles and advanced to the NCAA Tournament every year. Doherty was an active recruiter during his time at Kansas, and many of the players he coached there went on to play in the NBA, including Paul Pierce, Drew Gooden and Kirk Hinrich, among others.
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