Matthew Mitchell

Matthew Mitchell
Sport(s)	Women's basketball
Current position
Title	Head coach
Team	Kentucky
Record	28-8
Biographical details
Born	December 16, 1970 (1970-12-16) (age 40)
Place of birth	Louisville, Mississippi
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1995-1996 1996-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2003 2003-2005 2005-2007 2007-present	Winston Acad. (MS) (asst.) Central Holmes Acad. (MS) Manchester Academy (MS)
Head coaching record
Overall	91-69 (.569)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
2009-2010 SEC Coach of the Year

Matthew LaMont Mitchell (born December 16, 1970 in Louisville, Mississippi) is the current head coach for the University of Kentucky Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team, also known as "UK Hoops".^[1]

Coaching

Mitchell became the head coach of UK on April 23, 2007, succeeding former UK coach Mickie DeMoss.^[1] Prior to becoming the coach at Kentucky, Mitchell spent two years as the head coach at Morehead State.^[1] 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.^[1]

Following the 2009-10 season, Mitchell was named the SEC Coach of the Year.^[2] 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.^[2]

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.

Head coaching record

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Morehead State (Ohio Valley Conference) (2005–2007)
2005-2006	Morehead State	16-13	11-9	4	None
2006-2007	Morehead State	14-16	13-7	4	None
Morehead State:		30-29	24-16
Kentucky Wildcats (Southeastern Conference) (2007–present)
2007-2008	Kentucky Wildcats	17-16	8-6	5	WNIT Quarterfinals
2008–09	Kentucky Wildcats	16-16	5-9	10	WNIT Second Round
2009–10	Kentucky Wildcats	28-8	11-5	2	NCAA Women's Elite Eight
Kentucky Wildcats:		61-40	24-20
Total:		91-69
National Champion         Conference Regular Season Champion         Conference Tournament Champion       Conference Regular Season & Conference Tournament Champion       Conference Division Champion

Personal

Mitchell attended Mississippi State University from 1993–95, where he received a bachelor of science degree in marketing.

He is married to the former Jenna Ramsey, and he has two daughters, Lacy^[1] and Saylor.

See also

• Joe Craft Center
• Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Matthew Mitchell bio". University of Kentucky. http://www.ukathletics.com/sports/w-baskbl/mtt/mitchell_matthew00.html. Retrieved February 2010. 
2. ^ ^{a b} http://www.kentucky.com/2010/03/02/1164100/uk-women-sweep-sec-post-season.html

Persondata
Name	Mitchell, Matthew
Alternative names	Mitchell, Matthew LaMont; Mitchell, Matthew L.
Short description	American college basketball coach
Date of birth	December 16, 1970
Place of birth	Louisville, Mississippi, United States
Date of death
Place of death