Matt Bollant

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] Bollant is currently being sued by seven former University of Illinois student athletes who allege a pattern of racial discrimination and abuse.[5]

Matt Bollant
Biographical details
Born(1971-03-13)March 13, 1971
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
Overall357–193 (.649)
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)

Head coaching record

Sources:[6][7]

  • OVC 2017-18 Women's Basketball Standings[8]
Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Bryan Lions (Appalachian Athletic Conference) (2002–2007)
2002–03 Bryan 29–718–42nd[9]NCCAA Mid-East Region Champions
2003–04 Bryan 28–520–22nd[10]NAIA
2004–05 Bryan 26–819–32nd[11]NCCAA
2005–06 Bryan 26–817–31stNAIA Sweet 16
2006–07 Bryan 25–816–21stNAIA
Bryan: 134–36 (.788)90–14 (.865)
Green Bay Phoenix (Horizon League) (2007–2012)
2007–08 Green Bay 26–617–11stWNIT First Round
2008–09 Green Bay 29–418–01stNCAA First Round
2009–10 Green Bay 28–515–31stNCAA Second Round
2010–11 Green Bay 34–218–01stNCAA Sweet 16
2011–12 Green Bay 31–217–11stNCAA Second Round
Green Bay: 148–19 (.886)85–5 (.944)
Illinois Fighting Illini (Big Ten Conference) (2012–2017)
2012–13 Illinois 19-149-7T-5thWNIT Quarterfinals
2013–14 Illinois 9–212–1412th
2014–15 Illinois 15–166–1210th
2015–16 Illinois 9–212–1614th
2016–17 Illinois 9–223–13T-11th
Illinois: 61–94 (.394)22–62 (.262)
Eastern Illinois (Ohio Valley Conference) (2017–present)
2017–18 Eastern Illinois 3–262–1612th
2018–19 Eastern Illinois 11–185–13T-10th
Total:357–193 (.649)

      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
  1. "Women's Basketball Coaches Career". NCAA. Retrieved 28 September 2015.
  2. "Matt Bollant To Lead EIU Women's Basketball". Retrieved 2017-04-14.
  3. Horizon League Record Book, retrieved 2011-Aug-18
  4. Matt Bollant - The Official Site of Green Bay Athletics, retrieved 2011-Aug-18
  5. "Ex-Illinois women's basketball players file $10 million lawsuit against university". SI.com. Retrieved 2018-09-11.
  6. "Big Ten Conference Official Site". www.bigten.org. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
  7. "Big Ten Women's Basketball Statistics". www.bigten.org. Retrieved 2016-05-02.
  8. "Ohio Valley Conference". ovcsports.com. Retrieved 2018-04-18.
  9. "Wayback Machine". 23 August 2003. Archived from the original on 23 August 2003.
  10. "DakStats3000 WebSync". 2 June 2004. Archived from the original on 2 June 2004.
  11. "DakStats3000 WebSync". 10 April 2005. Archived from the original on 10 April 2005.
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