Matt Painter
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| Sport(s) | Basketball |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Purdue |
| Conference | Big Ten |
| Record | 261–139 (.653) |
| Annual salary | $2,300,000 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
August 27, 1970 Muncie, Indiana |
| Playing career | |
| 1989–1993 | Purdue |
| Position(s) | Guard |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1993–1994 | Wash. & Jeff. (asst.) |
| 1994–1995 | Barton (asst.) |
| 1995–1998 | Eastern Illinois (asst.) |
| 1998–2003 | Southern Illinois (asst.) |
| 2003–2004 | Southern Illinois |
| 2004–2005 | Purdue (assoc.) |
| 2005–present | Purdue |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 286–144 (.665) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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Big Ten Tournament championship (2009) Big Ten regular season championship (2010) MVC regular season championship (2004) Accomplishments 2× Sweet Sixteens (2009, 2010) 9× NCAA Tournament bids (2004, 2007–2012, 2015, 2016) |
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| Awards | |
| 3× Big Ten Coach of the Year (2008, 2010, 2011) | |
Matthew Curtis Painter (born August 27, 1970) is the current Head coach of the Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team.
Matt Painter was born in Muncie, Indiana, where he attended Delta High School and played basketball for former basketball coach and athletic director, Stan Daugherty. After high school, he attended Purdue University as an undergraduate, although he grew up in an Indiana University family, where his father attended. He played four seasons of basketball as a Boilermaker in the point guard position under head coach Gene Keady and assistants Bruce Weber, and Steve Lavin, where he helped lead the Boilermakers to three NCAA Tournaments and one NIT appearance. He was teammates with the likes of Jimmy Oliver, Steve Scheffler and Glenn Robinson. He started 50 of the 109 games in which he appeared and helped his team to a 75-45 overall record. In his senior season, he was selected as a team captain and was named an All-Big Ten Honorable Mention. Painter finished his career averaging 4.5 ppg and totaling 276 assists.
After graduation from Purdue in 1993, Painter moved on to coaching basketball. His first year as a coach was an assistant coach position at Washington & Jefferson College. With his help, the team finished the season with a 22-3 record and a quarterfinal appearance in the NCAA Division III tournament. During this time, he worked as a forklift operator to supplement his income.
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