Matt Figger
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamUTRGV
ConferenceWAC
Record27–50 (.351)
Biographical details
BornJenkins, Kentucky, U.S.
Alma materEastern Kentucky
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1993–1994Wabash Valley (assistant)
1994–1999Vincennes (assistant)
2000–2002Odessa (assistant)
2003–2007South Alabama (assistant)
2007Arkansas (assistant)
2007–2012Kansas State (assistant)
2013–2017South Carolina (assistant)
2017–2021Austin Peay
2021–presentTexas–Rio Grande Valley/UT Rio Grande Valley
Head coaching record
Overall103–101 (.505)
Tournaments1–1 (CIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
OVC Coach of the Year (2018)

Matt Figger is an American college basketball coach and current head coach for the Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros men's basketball team.[1] He previously served as the head coach at Austin Peay.[2]

Coaching career

Figger got his college coaching start at Wabash Valley in 1993 as an assistant coach, before moving on to Vincennes and Odessa College to serve as an assistant coach. Figger also had assistant coaching stops at South Alabama, and Arkansas before landing on Frank Martin's staff at Kansas State. Figger followed Martin as an assistant coach to South Carolina.[3] Figger was a part of the Gamecocks Final Four appearance in the 2017 NCAA tournament.

On April 6, 2017, Figger was named the 12th head coach in Austin Peay history, taking over for longtime coach Dave Loos.[2]

In March 2021, Figger left Austin Peay to become the head coach at UT Rio Grande Valley. [4]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Austin Peay Governors (Ohio Valley Conference) (2017–2021)
2017–18 Austin Peay 19–1512–63rdCIT quarterfinal
2018–19 Austin Peay 22–1113–54th
2019–20 Austin Peay 21–1214–43rd
2020–21 Austin Peay 14–1310–10T–5th
Austin Peay: 76–51 (.598)49–25 (.662)
Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros/UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros (WAC) (2021–present)
2021–22 Texas–Rio Grande Valley 8–233–15T–11th
2022–23 Texas–Rio Grande Valley 15–176–12T–10th
2023–24 UT Rio Grande Valley 4–100–3
Texas–Rio Grande Valley: 27–50 (.351)9–30 (.231)
Total:103–101 (.505)

References

  1. ↑ "UTRGV Taps Matt Figger to Lead Men's Basketball Program". UTRGV Athletics.
  2. 1 2 "Figger introduced as APSU head men's basketball coach".
  3. ↑ "Matt Figger Bio University of South Carolina Official Athletic Site".
  4. ↑ Backus, Will. "Report: Austin Peay basketball coach Matt Figger leaving for UT Rio Grande Valley". The Leaf-Chronicle. Retrieved March 29, 2021.


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