Thad Matta

Basketball Coach

Birthday July 11, 1967

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Hoopestown, IL

Age 57 years old

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About

Thirteenth head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team and a multiple-time Big Ten Tournament winner.

Before Fame

He was a two-year starter for the Butler University Bulldogs.

Trivia

He became one of two college coaches to post twenty or more wins in each of his first thirteen seasons as a head coach.

Family Life

He married Barbara Matta in 1996.

Associated With

He coached Greg Oden to a national championship appearance with Ohio State in 2007.