Matt Painter
Matthew Curtis Painter (born August 27, 1970) is the current Head coach of the Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball team.
Playing career
Matt Painter was born in Muncie, Indiana, where he attended Delta High School and played basketball for former basketball coach and athletic director, Stan Daugherty. After high school, he attended Purdue University as an undergraduate, although he grew up in an Indiana University family, where his father attended. He played four seasons of basketball as a Boilermaker in the point guard position under head coach Gene Keady and assistants Bruce Weber, and Steve Lavin, where he helped lead the Boilermakers to three NCAA Tournaments and one NIT appearance. He was teammates with the likes of Jimmy Oliver, Steve Scheffler and Glenn Robinson. He started 50 of the 109 games in which he appeared and helped his team to a 75-45 overall record. In his senior season, he was selected as a team captain and was named an All-Big Ten Honorable Mention. Painter finished his career averaging 4.5 ppg and totaling 276 assists.