Matthew Driscoll (basketball)

Matthew Driscoll

Matthew Driscoll is the head men's basketball coach at the University of North Florida.

Before coming to UNF, Driscoll spent twelve years as an assistant at Baylor University, Valparaiso University, Clemson, and the University of Wyoming. In a 2008 Fox Sports survey of his peers, Driscoll was rated as one of the Top 10 assistants in the country.

At Baylor from 2003-2009, he served under head coach Scott Drew. In his six years there, he helped revive Baylor's program from tragedy and NCAA sanctions. Baylor went from struggling under NCAA sanctions for his first several years, to making the NCAA tournament for the first time in twenty years in 2008. In 2009, Baylor lost in the Big 12 Tournament Finals to Missouri, and won four games in the NIT before losing to Penn State at Madison Square Garden in the NIT finals. After one of the toughest rebuilding projects in college basketball history, Baylor finished with 21 wins in 2007-08 with wins over Notre Dame, South Carolina, and Texas A&M, and 24 wins in 2008-09 with wins over defending national champion Kansas, Texas, and Georgetown. At Baylor, Driscoll's primary responsibilities included on-court development, scouting, recruiting, and administrative duties.

Prior to coming to Baylor, Driscoll spent seven weeks with Scott Drew at Valparaiso University before Drew accepted the job at Baylor.

At Clemson, Driscoll served as an assistant for five years under head coach Larry Shyatt (who would later win back-to-back NCAA championships as the top assistant under Billy Donovan at the University of Florida). While at Clemson, Driscoll help lead the Tigers to the 1999 NIT finals and three wins over the North Carolina Tar Heels, including one when the Heels were ranked number 1 in the country.

Driscoll's first stint as a Division 1 assistant was the 1997-98 season under Larry Shyatt at the University of Wyoming, which resulted in a trip to the NIT.

From 1993 to 1997, Driscoll was the head coach at LaRoche College in Pittsburgh, PA. He is a board member of the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) and a former president.

A native of Pittsburgh, Driscoll is a 1992 graduate of Slippery Rock University.

Driscoll and his wife, Carrie, have two sons.