What’s the Matta U?

So, reports are coming around fast and furious that maybe, just maybe, Thad Matta is going to be the next men’s basketball coach at the University of Georgia. The former Ohio St, Xavier, and Butler head man was on a long list of possibilities, but health permitting was always the top candidate on the board.

And health was a big question mark, as a botched back surgery several years ago led to ever-increasing pain and drop foot that impacted his ability to coach and to recruit. But when healthy, oh boy could this man coach and recruit.

His first head job was at Butler University (where current Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens was on his staff). They won their conference, made the NCAA…