Matthew Mitchell (basketball coach)
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| Sport(s) | Women's basketball |
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| Current position | |
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Kentucky |
| Record | 239–97 (.711) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born |
December 16, 1970 Louisville, Mississippi |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1995–1996 | Winston Acad. (MS) (asst.) |
| 1996–1998 | Central Holmes Acad. (MS) |
| 1998–1999 | Manchester Acad. (MS) |
| 1999–2000 | Tennessee (grad. asst.) |
| 2000–2003 | Florida (asst.) |
| 2003–2005 | Kentucky (asst.) |
| 2005–2007 | Morehead State |
| 2007–present | Kentucky |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 269–126 (.681) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| 2009–2010 SEC Coach of the Year 2011–2012 SEC Coach of the Year |
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Matthew LaMont Mitchell (born December 16, 1970 in Louisville, Mississippi) is the current head coach for the University of Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team, also known as "UK Hoops".
Mitchell became the head coach of UK on April 23, 2007, succeeding former UK coach Mickie DeMoss. Prior to becoming the coach at Kentucky, Mitchell spent two years as the head coach at Morehead State. Mitchell started his coaching career as graduate assistant under Pat Summitt at Tennessee, and he also spent time as an assistant coach at Florida and Kentucky before becoming a head coach.
Following the 2009–10 season, Mitchell was named the SEC Coach of the Year. In addition to Mitchell's recognition, Victoria Dunlap was named the SEC Player of the Year and A'dia Mathies was named the SEC Freshman of the Year. The Wildcats joined the unbeaten national champion 1998 Tennessee squad as the only teams in SEC women's basketball history to sweep the major post-season awards.
Mitchell's success on the court has already moved him up to No. 4 in all-time wins at Kentucky with 86. His winning percentage of 63.7 percent (86–49) ranks third.
Year Three proved to be the best year yet as Mitchell was named SEC Coach of the Year for his remarkable job in turning around a team that went 16–16 overall, 5–9 in conference play the year prior to a 28–8 overall record in 2009–10. The Cats' 28 overall wins, including 11 SEC wins were school records and UK finished second in the league despite being picked to finish 11th in the preseason polls.
In his fourth season Mitchell once again led the Wildcats to an outstanding season with a 25–9 overall record and a school-record-tying 11 wins (11–5) in the SEC. UK took a second-place finish in the league standings for the second-consecutive year and advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament as the No. 4 seed.
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