Matt Bollant

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Matt Bollant
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamEastern Illinois
ConferenceOVC
Record96–111 (.464)
Biographical details
Born (1971-03-13) March 13, 1971 (age 53)
Alma materWinona State University, B.A., 1994
American InterContinental University, M.A.
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1997–2000Evansville (assistant)
2000–2002Indiana (assistant)
2002–2007Bryan
2007–2012Green Bay
2012–2017Illinois
2017–presentEastern Illinois
Head coaching record
Overall418–252 (.624)
Tournaments5–4 (NCAA)
3–2 (WNIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
AAC Coach of the Year (2007)
3× Horizon Coach of the Year (2008, 2009, 2011)
Kay Yow National Coach of the Year (2011)

Matthew Mark Bollant (born March 13, 1971)[1] is the head coach for the Eastern Illinois Panthers women's basketball team.[2] Previously, he served as the head women's basketball coach at the University of Illinois, and before that, he served as head coach of the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Phoenix women's basketball team. In 2011, he led the Phoenix to its first Sweet Sixteen appearance.[3] He came to the Phoenix after serving as the head coach at Bryan College for five seasons and as an assistant coach at Indiana and Evansville for two and one seasons, respectively.[4]

Head coaching record[edit]

Sources:[5][6]

  • OVC 2017–18 Women's Basketball Standings[7]
  • OVC[8]
  • Eastern Illinois[9]
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Bryan Lions (Appalachian Athletic Conference) (2002–2007)
2002–03 Bryan 29–7 18–4 2nd[10] NCCAA Mid-East Region Champions
2003–04 Bryan 28–5 20–2 2nd[11] NAIA
2004–05 Bryan 26–8 19–3 2nd[12] NCCAA
2005–06 Bryan 26–8 17–3 1st NAIA Sweet 16
2006–07 Bryan 25–8 16–2 1st NAIA
Bryan: 134–36 (.788) 90–14 (.865)
Green Bay Phoenix (Horizon League) (2007–2012)
2007–08 Green Bay 26–6 17–1 1st WNIT first round
2008–09 Green Bay 29–4 18–0 1st NCAA first round
2009–10 Green Bay 28–5 15–3 1st NCAA second round
2010–11 Green Bay 34–2 18–0 1st NCAA Sweet 16
2011–12 Green Bay 31–2 17–1 1st NCAA second round
Green Bay: 148–19 (.886) 85–5 (.944)
Illinois Fighting Illini (Big Ten Conference) (2012–2017)
2012–13 Illinois 19–14 9–7 T-5th WNIT Quarterfinals
2013–14 Illinois 9–21 2–14 12th
2014–15 Illinois 15–16 6–12 10th
2015–16 Illinois 9–21 2–16 14th
2016–17 Illinois 9–22 3–13 T-11th
Illinois: 61–94 (.394) 22–62 (.262)
Eastern Illinois (Ohio Valley Conference) (2017–present)
2017–18 Eastern Illinois 3–26 2–16 12th
2018–19 Eastern Illinois 11–18 5–13 T-10th
2019–20 Eastern Illinois 19–12 12–6 4th
2020–21 Eastern Illinois 11–15 9–11 8th
2021–22 Eastern Illinois 16–14 11–7 T-4th
2022–23 Eastern Illinois 21–8 14–4 2nd
2023–24 Eastern Illinois 15–18 11–7 T-2nd
Eastern Illinois: 96–111 (.464) 64–64 (.500)
Total: 418–252 (.624)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion


References[edit]

  1. ^ "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
  2. ^ "Matt Bollant To Lead EIU Women's Basketball". Retrieved April 14, 2017.
  3. ^ Horizon League Record Book, retrieved 2011-Aug-18
  4. ^ Matt Bollant – The Official Site of Green Bay Athletics, retrieved 2011-Aug-18
  5. ^ "Big Ten Conference Official Site". www.bigten.org. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
  6. ^ "Big Ten Women's Basketball Statistics". www.bigten.org. Retrieved May 2, 2016.
  7. ^ "Ohio Valley Conference". ovcsports.com. Retrieved April 18, 2018.
  8. ^ "2022-23 Women's Basketball Standings". ovcsports.com. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  9. ^ "2022-23 Women's Basketball Schedule". Eastern Illinois University Athletics. Retrieved April 16, 2023.
  10. ^ . August 23, 2003 https://web.archive.org/web/20030823113534/http://www.aacsports.com/bbstats02/wfinal/Index.html. Archived from the original on August 23, 2003. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ^ "DakStats3000 WebSync". June 2, 2004. Archived from the original on June 2, 2004.
  12. ^ "DakStats3000 WebSync". April 10, 2005. Archived from the original on April 10, 2005.

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