Matt McCall | |
Current Title: | Assistant coach |
Current Team: | Charleston |
Birth Date: | 12 December 1981 |
Birth Place: | Ocala, Florida, U.S.[1] |
Alma Mater: | Florida |
Coach Years1: | 2006–2008 |
Coach Team1: | Florida (director of ops.) |
Coach Years2: | 2008–2011 |
Coach Team2: | Florida Atlantic (assistant) |
Coach Years3: | 2011–2015 |
Coach Team3: | Florida (assistant) |
Coach Years4: | 2015–2017 |
Coach Team4: | Chattanooga |
Coach Years5: | 2017–2022 |
Coach Team5: | UMass |
Coach Years6: | 2024–present |
Coach Team6: | Charleston (assistant) |
Tournament Record: | 0–1 (NCAA) |
Championships: | SoCon regular season (2016) SoCon tournament (2016) |
Awards: | SoCon Coach of the Year (2016) |
Matthew Wayne McCall (born December 12, 1981) is an American college basketball coach. He is currently an assistant coach for the College of Charleston. Before that, he was the head men's basketball coach at the University of Tennessee - Chattanooga the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass).
McCall was a student manager at the University of Florida during the 2002–03 season. He was named head manager the following year. After graduating, he continued working with the program, and in 2006 he was named director of basketball operations.[2] In 2008, he was hired as an assistant coach at Florida Atlantic. He held that position until 2011, when he was hired by the University of Florida as an assistant. McCall was hired by Chattanooga in April 2015 after Will Wade left to take the head coaching job at VCU.[3] In March 2016, McCall was named the Southern Conference Basketball Coach of the Year.[4] On March 30, 2017, he was introduced as the 22nd head coach in the history of UMass men's basketball.[5] On March 1, 2022, McCall was fired by UMass, although he was allowed to coach the remainder of the season.[6]
McCall earned two degrees from Florida: a bachelor's (2004) in exercise and sports science and a master's (2006) in secondary education.[2] His father, Wayne, was a three-year letterwinner for the University of Florida football team from 1965–67.[2]