Current position | |
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Title | Head coach |
Team | Indiana State |
Conference | MVC |
Record | 0–0 (–) |
Biographical details | |
Born | November 9, 1974 |
Playing career | |
1993–1998 | Butler |
Position(s) | Guard |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2000–2010 | Butler (assistant) |
2010–2013 | Butler (associate HC) |
2013–2018 | South Alabama |
2018–2019 | Evansville (assistant) |
2019–2021 | Xavier (sp. assistant to the HC) |
2021–2024 | Indiana State (associate HC) |
2024–present | Indiana State |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 65–96 (.404) |
Matthew Graves (born November 9, 1974) is an American college basketball coach and former player, who is currently the head coach at Indiana State University. He was previously the head coach at the University of South Alabama.
Graves grew up playing basketball with his three brothers in the small town of Switz City, Indiana. He played college basketball for the Butler Bulldogs from 1993 to 1998. Graves was selected as the team's most valuable player for the 1997–98 season after leading Butler to the NCAA tournament for the second consecutive year. He also made the All-Horizon Tournament team and GTE Academic All-District team that year. After college, Graves served on the coaching staff of two high school teams before joining the Butler staff in 2001. In 2010, he was promoted to associate head coach under Brad Stevens. Graves was listed as one of the top assistant coaches in college basketball on multiple occasions prior to his promotion to head coach.