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American basketball histrion-jitney

Matt Painter

Current position
Title	Head bus
Team	Purdue
Conference	Large Ten
Record	413–198 (.676)
Annual salary	$iii.58 million
Biographical details
Built-in	(1970-08-27) Baronial 27, 1970 (age 52) Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.South.
Playing career
1989–1993	Purdue
Position(s)	Guard
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1993–1994	Washington & Jefferson (banana)
1994–1995	Barton (banana)
1995–1998	Eastern Illinois (assistant)
1998–2003	Southern Illinois (assistant)
2003–2004	Southern Illinois
2004–2005	Purdue (acquaintance HC)
2005–present	Purdue
Head coaching record
Overall	438–203 (.683)
Tournaments	17–14 (NCAA Division I) 1–one (CBI)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
4× Big Ten regular flavour (2010, 2017, 2019, 2023) 2× Big Ten tournament (2009, 2023) MVC regular season (2004)
Awards
NABC Jitney of the Yr (2019) four× Big Ten Autobus of the Yr (2008, 2010, 2011, 2019) MVC Double-decker of the Year (2004)
Medal record Men's basketball game Head Motorbus for The states Summer Universiade 2017 Taipei Team competition

Matthew Curtis Painter (born August 27, 1970)^[ane] is an American coach and former betoken guard, who is the electric current and 19th head basketball coach of the Purdue Boilermakers. He played college basketball at Purdue from 1989 to 1993. He served every bit the caput double-decker of the Southern Illinois Salukis (2003–2004).

Painter was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana. He attended high school at Delta High Schoolhouse in Muncie, Indiana.^[2] Afterward graduation from high school in 1989, Painter enrolled at Purdue University and played point guard for the Boilermakers, starting for one season. Every bit a senior in 1993, he led Purdue in assists and was a honorable mention All-Big Ten Briefing selection.

From 1993 to 2003, Painter was an banana coach at Washington & Jefferson (1993–94), Barton (1994–95), Eastern Illinois (1995–1998) and Southern Illinois (1998–2003). After helping lead Southern Illinois to consecutive Missouri Valley Conference championships in 2002 and 2003, he was promoted to head coach when Bruce Weber left for Illinois, where he led the Salukis to some other conference championship in 1 season, including advancing to the 2004 NCAA Partitioning I Tournament. Immediately afterward, Painter signed a six-year deal as head coach of the Purdue Boilermakers, where he would spend a year as a double-decker-in-waiting until Gene Keady's retirement at the end of the season. With Painter at the helm, Purdue teams have reached the NCAA Tournament 14 times, with six Sweet-16 appearances, and one in Elite Eight. Combined with his Southern Illinois' NCAA Tournament advent, he has a total of xv tournament appearances in only 19 years coaching. Painter has coached a total of nine players who went on to play in the NBA in his tenure at Purdue University, with three of them being drafted in the kickoff round of the NBA typhoon.^[3]

Playing career [edit]

Matt Painter was built-in in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and attended Delta Loftier School, in Muncie, Indiana. He played basketball for former basketball coach and athletic director, Stan Daugherty. He grew up a big IU fan and dreamed of playing for legendary motorbus Bobby Knight at IU: all the same, Jitney Knight never offered him a scholarship. Instead, Painter attended Purdue University as an undergraduate. He played 4 seasons as a Boilermakers betoken guard nether head coach Gene Keady and assistants Bruce Weber and Steve Lavin. He helped pb the Boilermakers to three NCAA Tournaments and one NIT appearance, with his best NCAA Tourney stop beingness the Round of 32. He was teammates with 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 10 Honorable Mention. Painter finished his career averaging four.5 points-per-game and totaling 276 assists.

Yr	Team	GP	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
1989–90	Purdue	19	four.4	.267	.333	.400	0.four	0.half dozen	0.ane	0.1	0.8
1990–91	Purdue	29	20.3	.423	.357	.634	1.9	3.0	0.2	0.0	4.2
1991–92	Purdue	33	13.7	.390	.286	.717	ane.four	ane.v	0.5	0.0	3.3
1992–93	Purdue	28	30.iii	.491	.387	.677	2.vii	iv.5	0.8	0.1	8.half-dozen

Cited from Sports Reference. ^[four]

Coaching career [edit]

Assistant jitney [edit]

After graduation from Purdue in 1993, Painter moved on to coaching basketball. His offset yr as a coach was an assistant coach position at Washington & Jefferson College.^[five] With his help, the team finished the flavour with a 22–3 tape and a quarterfinal appearance in the NCAA Division III tournament.^[v] During this fourth dimension, he worked as a forklift operator to supplement his income.^{[half dozen]}

The next season, he became an banana coach at Barton College. In the 1994-95 flavour, Barton finished with 13 wins and 13 losses. Painter and then moved to Division I as an assistant coach at Eastern Illinois of the Ohio Valley Conference, where he also received his master's degree.

Southern Illinois [edit]

Afterwards three years at Eastern Illinois, he moved to Southern Illinois in 1998 as an assistant to head coach Bruce Weber. Painter was previously acquainted with him while Weber was an assistant coach at Purdue during Painter'south playing days. Weber and Painter quickly turned a team that had a losing record the previous flavour into a successful team. Painter helped lead the Salukis to the NIT in 2000 and twice to the NCAA Tournament the following seasons while an assistant coach. In the 2001–02 flavour, they qualified for the NCAA tournament and ended their season in the Sweet Sixteen with a loss to UConn. That year, SIU trounce well-established programs such as Georgia and Texas Tech. In 2003, Weber'southward and Painter's Salukis were featured on MTV's special True Life: I Am a College Baller.

Afterward serving equally an banana coach for five seasons at SIU, Painter stepped into his first NCAA Division I head coaching position afterward Bruce Weber took the head coaching job at Illinois for the 2003–04 season. Leading the Salukis to a 25–5 record and a berth in the 2004 NCAA tournament, the team was ranked as high every bit #15 in the nation by the AP poll during the season. Painter was named the 2003-2004 Missouri Valley Briefing Coach of the Year.

Purdue [edit]

2004–05 flavour [edit]

In 2004, Painter was recruited by Purdue as the replacement for retiring head autobus Gene Keady. He signed a six-twelvemonth contract as the new Purdue Boilermakers men's basketball charabanc. As part of a planned transition, Painter was named the associate head jitney for the 2004–05 season.^[7] He joined onetime teammate Cuonzo Martin (sometime head coach at University of Missouri) on the coaching staff. With cardinal players out with injuries, suspensions and transfers, Purdue finished the season with a 7–21 record, the near losses in the plan'due south history in a season.

2005–06 season [edit]

At the start of the 2005–06 season, Painter took over for Keady as the head omnibus at his alma mater and became the 2nd onetime Purdue thespian to become the head coach since Ray Eddy (1950–1965). In his first season in that function, despite the absences of injured starters, David Teague and Carl Landry, and but playing with vii scholarship players, they finished with a 9-19 record. Painter'south first Purdue squad as a head omnibus came upward with wins against eventual NCAA Tournament qualifier Wisconsin and #23 Michigan.

2006–07 season [edit]

In his 2nd flavour as caput charabanc, the squad had high hopes for an NCAA berth. Both power forward Carl Landry and shooting baby-sit David Teague returned to the lineup subsequently injuries, combining an boilerplate of nearly 34 points and fifteen rebounds per game. Painter's Boilermakers finished the non-conference flavor with an 11-3 record, which included wins over previously unbeaten and top 25 schools Virginia and Missouri. They headed deep into the regular season without a road win. The team had also not won a road game in the 2 prior seasons during which Painter was part of the Boilermaker's demote. That 29 route-game losing streak ended on February 3, 2007, when Purdue beat Penn State at the Bryce Jordan Center. After winning seven of their last ten conference games during the regular flavor and setting a unmarried-flavour school record for most habitation wins at 16 in Mackey Arena, Painter and his Boilermakers finished the regular season with a ix-7 conference tape. They received a fifth seed in the Big Ten tournament and were knocked out in the semifinals when they lost to a Greg Oden-led Ohio Land team. Purdue was invited to the 2007 NCAA tournament, Painter's second appearance every bit a head coach, and received a nine seed. The team's opening round opponent was Lute Olson's Arizona. After chirapsia the Wildcats, Purdue vicious to Billy Donovan's number one seeded and defending/eventual national champions, Florida. With +13 wins from the previous season, it was the biggest win-margin turnaround in the program's history.

2007–08 flavour [edit]

Coming off one of the plan's biggest unmarried season improvements, Painter returned only 1 senior on the roster with vi newcomers. Painter achieved notable recruiting success, signing one of the tiptop five recruiting classes in the nation for 2007, all coming from the country of Indiana. Painter started at to the lowest degree three freshmen in every game at the get-go of the '07-'08 season, making it the youngest starting line-up in the nation. His "babe boilers" finished the not-briefing season with a ix-4 record, which included a win against Rick Pitino'due south #22 ranked Louisville, as well as a loss to Wofford, their only home loss of the season. During an eleven-game winning streak in conference play, they swept the season series with the conference champion #8 Wisconsin and had a home win confronting #9 Michigan State. Information technology was the first back-to-back wins versus summit ten teams in schoolhouse history. Their winning streak was ended when they lost to in-state rival, #14 Indiana. Painter and his Boilers finished the regular season in 2nd place with a xv-3 record. During the regular season and into the conference tournament, Purdue was ranked as high equally #15 in both polls. Painter's team entered the Big X tournament with the #2 seed. They lost in the quarterfinals to the 10th seeded Illinois. They were invited to the 2008 NCAA tournament and given a #6 seed. They beat Baylor in the first round, giving Purdue its 10th straight first round win in the tournament. They lost in the second round to a senior-led Xavier team. He was eventually named the Big Ten Briefing Coach of the Year. The Boilers finished the season with a 25-nine record.

2008–09 flavour [edit]

Painter's Boilermakers began the 2008-2009 season with an ESPN/USA Today Poll rank at #10 and an AP Height 25 #11 ranking. They had v returning starters from the prior season, including Chris Kramer, the conference's defensive actor of the year and two all-briefing selections in E'Twaun Moore and Robbie Hummel. Painter'due south Boilers opened the season with a 5–0 tape. In the showtime game of the season, his team set the school record for fewest turnovers in a game, merely committing iii, against Detroit on November 14, 2008. With a #9 ranking, Purdue had their start losses of the season dorsum-to-back in overtime to #13 ranked Oklahoma in the NIT Flavour Tip-Off championship game and a sixteen-point home loss against #4 Duke. They finished the pre-season with an 11-2 record, which included a win against #22 Davidson. Purdue finished 3rd in conference play, including a season-sweep by Illinois and splitting the flavour meetings with briefing title winners, Michigan Country. Almost the stop of the regular season, he was selected as ane of x candidates for the Henry Iba Honour, which goes to the nation's best coach of the year. With a much healthier Robbie Hummel in the lineup, they entered the Big Ten tournament with the #3 seed, beating Ohio State in the finals, giving Purdue its first conference tournament title in school history. Throughout the tournament, Painter'due south team averaged xvi assists and less than six turnovers in three games. Painter led his team to a third straight NCAA tournament appearance with a #5 seed, the team's highest seed in 10 years. They beat Northern Iowa from the MVC in the beginning round, condign the program's 11th straight starting time round win dating back to 1994. After chirapsia Washington in the 2nd Round, Purdue reached their start Sweet Sixteen in 9 years, somewhen losing to Jim Calhoun's Hasheem Thabeet-led UConn. Painter's squad finished the season with a 27–ten record, the nigh games played in a season in its program's history. Despite first his Purdue head coaching position coming off a prior seven-win season, he surpassed Factor Keady'due south first 4 season'south (1981–1985) win full of 82 in his first four (2005–2009) with 83 victories.

U19 USA Championships Squad [edit]

On May 12, 2009, Painter accepted an assistant motorbus position for the 2009 U.s. Basketball U19 Earth Championships team. Along with current head charabanc and former fellow banana, Chris Lowery, at Southern Illinois, he served nether Pittsburgh head coach, Jamie Dixon. Painter helped pb the team to a 9-0 tape with a 22.2 indicate win margin, while winning the gold after beating Hellenic republic.

2009–x flavor [edit]

Painter coaching on the sideline

Painter and his team began the 2009–10 flavor with a xiv–0 record, which tied the 1993–94 team for the best offset in the program's history. He returned his entire regular starting 5, including three all-conference selections in JaJuan Johnson, Due east'Twaun Moore, and Robbie Hummel. Painter started his fifth season at Purdue with his squad receiving a preseason seventh overall ranking by both the Associated Press and Coaches Polls, the program's highest in 22 years. Coach Painter led his top ten ranked team to the 2009 Paradise Jam tournament title against Bruce Pearl's #10 Tennessee, followed by the preseason close with a home win over #half-dozen West Virginia and a 12-0 record against non-conference opponents. On January 28, 2010, he won his 100th game as Purdue'southward head coach against Wisconsin, becoming the fourth fastest to attain the marking behind former Purdue coaches Ward Lambert, George King, and Gene Keady. Deep into the regular conference flavour, Painter got his beginning career road wins confronting #x Michigan State in East Lansing and #9 Ohio State in Columbus, leaving Purdue every bit the but team in the nation to go 4–0 against acme ten teams. With a ten-game winning streak in briefing play, Purdue received a #3 ranking in both polls, giving Painter his highest ranking as both a player and caput coach, while being the program's highest in sixteen years. Later on losing All-Briefing starter Robbie Hummel to an ACL injury, Painter pushed his junior/senior-led team in the last three conference games (2–1), culminating with a xiv–4 conference record and a share of the Big Ten title, the program's get-go in fourteen years. At the end of the regular season, he was named the coaches' pick for Large 10 Conference Motorcoach of the Year, his 2d time existence honored with the title since arriving at Purdue. After beating Siena in the First Circular of the NCAA tournament and Texas A&Yard in the Second Round with a four seed, Painter has led Purdue to consecutive Sugariness Sixteen appearances and currently has an overall 6-4 tape in NCAA Tournament games afterward losing to Duke. Finishing with a 29–vi tape, it tied for almost wins in a season in schoolhouse history.

2010–11 season [edit]

Coming off the most wins in a four-year bridge in schoolhouse history with 102 (2007–2010), Painter and his Boiler team returned two All-American candidates (JaJuan Johnson, East'Twaun Moore), its chief point guard (Lewis Jackson), and an All-Conference freshman (Kelsey Barlow). ESPN's Andy Katz selected Purdue as the preseason No. one-ranked team for the 2011 season, while Flim-flam Sports selected them as the No. 4 favorite.^[8] These predictions came premature equally fellow All-American candidate, Robbie Hummel, re-tore his ACL during do, preventing him from playing his senior season. Joining the sidelines was Painter's latest addition to his bench staff, Mike Jackson, a former Michigan banana coach. In preseason play, Painter'southward squad began the flavor ranked every bit high as eighth in the nation and brutal as low as 22nd following a loss to Richmond in the Chicago Invitational finals. Painter's Boilers went undefeated at home on the season for the first time in 42 years (xvi–0). They tied series with ranked Wisconsin, Minnesota, and the superlative-ranked team in the nation, Ohio Country. No. 6 Purdue finished 2nd in the Large X Conference with a xiv–4 tape, while finishing the regular season 26–8 overall. At the conclusion of the regular season, Painter was named Large Ten Conference Coach of the Yr for the third time in iv seasons. Painter received his highest NCAA tournament seeding as a coach, with No. 13-ranked Purdue being named a No. 3 seed in the Tournament. They defeated Saint Peter's in the Offset Round, merely were upset by Final Four-bound No. xi seed VCU the Second Circular.

Connexion to Missouri vacancy [edit]

On March 30, 2011, it was reported that Painter might accept the University of Missouri caput coaching position. Withal, subsequently the initial reports surfaced, Purdue announced that Painter had accepted a new eight-year deal to remain with the school.^[9]

2011–12 flavor [edit]

Afterward losing All-American seniors in JaJuan Johnson and E'Twaun Moore to graduation and the NBA, Painter returned a handful of experienced role players and Preseason First Team All-Big Ten frontward Robbie Hummel, who returned from a 2nd ACL injury. His Boiler squad began the 2012 flavor unranked for the commencement time in four seasons. Joining him on the bench were two new assistant coaches in Micah Shrewsberry, who was part of the coaching staff that guided Butler to sequent NCAA Finals, and Greg Gary, who previously assisted at Duquesne, South Florida, Miami, and Tulane. On November 11, Painter's squad opened the season chirapsia Northern Illinois by 62 points, the program'due south highest win margin since 1911. Painter's squad received its first loss of the season against No. 15-ranked Alabama in the Puerto Rico Tip-Off championship game. Their second loss of the season came on the road against No. xi-ranked Xavier, a game where Painter'due south squad forced a season-loftier 22 turnovers and was up past xix points in the 2nd one-half. On December 17 at Conseco Fieldhouse, his team was upset by Butler later losing a fifteen-signal lead, losing by two. Closing the preseason with a 10–3 tape and a 3–two start in briefing play, Purdue endemic the 5th longest home winning streak in the nation at 27 before losing to Wisconsin. Against Illinois on New Year's Eve, Painter received his 150th win at Purdue and his 175th career win as a head motorcoach. 3 times in briefing play, Painter's team committed a school-tape three turnovers in a game, losing all three, which included a three-point loss in a road game against No. 3 Ohio State. Painter got his first win against a ranked squad on the season chirapsia No. 11 Michigan on the road by 14 points, giving Michigan their but home loss on the season. His team led the nation in fewest turnovers, committing just 8.ix per game (seven.6 in briefing play) while averaging a –4.6 turnover margin against opponents. With the 20th win on the season against Penn Country on February 29, Painter gave Purdue its sixth consecutive xx-win season, tying a program record with Gene Keady's mid-1980s mark. Purdue concluded the Big 10 season at 10–8 in conference play (6th) and stood at 21–12 overall after the Big Ten tournament. On March xi, the Boilermakers received an at-large bid as the No. 10 seed in the Midwest region of the NCAA tournament. In the showtime round of the Tournament, Purdue beat No. 7 seed Saint Mary's 72–69, their 14th directly First Circular victory, the longest current streak at that time. In the Second Circular, Purdue lost to No. 2 Kansas 63–threescore. Purdue ended the season 22–thirteen, their sixth straight yr with 22 or more wins.

2012–13 season [edit]

Painter began the 2013 season after losing three senior starters from the previous flavor including All-American Robbie Hummel and indicate guard Lewis Jackson. As well leaving the programme were would-be seniors in shooting guard John Hart (transferred to IUPUI) and suspended guard/forward Kelsey Barlow (transferred to UIC). Painter's raw and immature squad began the season with a 2–3 tape, losing their season opener for the first fourth dimension during the Painter-era. Purdue went on to lose games to Villanova and Oregon Country at Madison Foursquare Garden in the 2K Sports Classic. The Boilers finished vii–6 in non-briefing play. In Large X play, Painter consistently started at least three freshmen, which included a B1G-All Freshman A. J. Hammons and Ronnie Johnson. Painter's team made comeback towards the stop of the season, after going through much inconsistency, getting wins at No. vii Wisconsin, a near upset against of No. 7 Michigan, and a blowout win against Minnesota, Painter'due south 200th career win. Finishing seventh in conference play with an 8–x record, Purdue lost to Nebraska in the first round of the Big Ten tournament. Purdue accepted a bid to the CBI, where they defeated Western Illinois before losing to Santa Clara and finishing with a 16–18 overall record.

2013–14 season [edit]

In his 9th season at Purdue, the Boilermakers started well, finishing the non-conference slate at 10–3. However, the Boilers struggled in Big Ten play despite winning iii of their first five games in briefing. The Boilers would lose 11 of their last 13 regular season games to finish last in the league with a five–13 tape. A loss in the starting time circular of the Big 10 tournament to No. 24 Ohio State left Purdue with a fifteen–17 overall tape and without a postseason.

2014–15 season [edit]

In his tenth season equally Purdue's head coach, Painter brought in 3 contributing freshman, including the tallest actor in the program'south history, 7'2" Isaac Haas. With an viii–5 non-briefing record that included a blowout loss to a ranked Notre Dame and dwelling losses to North Florida and Gardner Webb, Painter was viewed by many as being on the hot seat. With the play of juniors A. J. Hammons and Rapheal Davis and the additional lift of transfer senior betoken guard John Octeus, Painter's squad turned things around in conference play. They finished third in conference with a 12–6 record afterwards being predicted to finish well-nigh the bottom of the league. They defeated three ranked teams in a four-game stretch with home wins against No. 25 Iowa, No. 20 Ohio Land, and No. 21 Indiana. During this time, Painter received his 100th Big X win and reached a personal 9–viii winning record against in-land rivals Indiana with a flavor sweep. A loss in the semifinals of the Big Ten tournament to No. 6 Wisconsin preceded an at-big bid to the NCAA tournament. The trip marked Painter's eighth appearance equally a head omnibus. The No. ix-seeded Boilers would fall in overtime to the No. eight-seeded Cincinnati in the First Round. They finished with a 21–13 overall tape on the season.

2015–16 season [edit]

Painter achieved a first in his coaching career past landing a 5-star recruit in 2015 Indiana Mr. Basketball game Caleb Swanigan, who switched his commitment from Michigan State to Purdue. Painter led the team to a 26–9 overall record. The team maintained an AP Top 25 ranking throughout their entire flavour, but showed inconsistency. The squad boasted victories over conference heavyweights Michigan State, Maryland, and Wisconsin. In the Big 10 tournament, they fell four points shy of the championship losing to Michigan Country. The team'southward inconsistency connected equally they fell to 12-seeded Arkansas-Trivial Rock in the Get-go Round of the NCAA tournament.

Senior center A. J. Hammons was selected as a finalist for the Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award for best eye, and was selected as Big Ten Defensive Actor of the Year, succeeding Purdue teammate and 2015 recipient Raphael Davis.

2016–17 season [edit]

Purdue was ranked in the tiptop-25 throughout the entire season, the second sequent season to boast that accomplishment. They won their 23rd Big Ten Conference regular season title and first outright title in 21 years (1996) by finishing the flavor with a 25–6 record, fourteen–4 in conference. This was the Boilermakers all-time record and showtime conference title since 2010. They concluded the year past winning 10 out of their last 12 games. Sophomore forward Caleb Swanigan was named Big Ten Player of the Year in a unanimous vote, the first Purdue histrion to win that award since JaJuan Johnson. They lost in their start game in the Big 10 tournament past the streaking Michigan who went on to win the championship. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a No. 4 seed in where they defeated Vermont and Iowa State to accelerate to the Sweet Sixteen where they were defeated, 98-66, by the #i seed Kansas.

2017–18 season [edit]

Purdue came into the season off of a Sweetness Sixteen advent, accompanied past existence the reigning Large Ten Conference men's basketball regular season champions, making expectations for the season. However, with the departure of Caleb Swanigan, the time to come was left uncertain. In the 2017–2018 season, Purdue, led by seniors Vince Edwards, Isaac Haas, PJ Thompson, Dakota Mathias and sophomore Carsen Edwards, spent several weeks at #3 while being on a plan record and nation-leading xix-game winning streak. During that fourth dimension, the Boilers led the nation in scoring margin, points per game, three-point shooting, and was one of only two teams with a meridian 3 ranking in both offensive and defensive efficiency. Purdue missed out on a consecutive B1G championship after losing to Wisconsin, finishing 2nd in the briefing at fifteen–3. The Boilers were seeded 3rd in the Big Ten tournament, where they beat Rutgers and Penn Country to reach the Big Ten tournament Championship for the 2d fourth dimension in three years. They faced a familiar opponent in Michigan, whom they had already faced two other times throughout that flavor, Purdue winning both meetings. Even so, Michigan beat out Purdue 75–66 to become Big Ten tournament Champions for the second straight season.

Purdue was seeded 2nd in the East Region of the 2018 NCAA Partition I men's basketball tournament, their highest seed in recent history. In the first round, they faced Cal State Fullerton Titans, winning 74–48. Even so, many Purdue fan's hearts bankrupt in the 2d half of the game, equally senior Eye Isaac Haas vicious on his elbow every bit he fought for a rebound, and broke his elbow as he hit the ground, ending his Purdue Basketball game career. Purdue's 2d-circular game was against Butler Bulldogs, whom Purdue had already played earlier in the flavour. The Boilers would win the game on a last 2nd shot past Dakota Mathias, winning 76–73 to advance to the Sweet Xvi for the second directly season. In the Sweet Sixteen, Purdue faced the 3rd seeded Texas Tech Red Raiders. The Boilers would go on to lose in disappointing fashion 65–78, ending their season with 30 wins, the near wins in program history.

2018–19 season [edit]

In 2019, Purdue was seeded 3rd in the Southward Region of the 2019 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, after another strong season. In the starting time round, they defeated a 26–eight Old Dominion team that was coming off a Conference USA title for a 61–48 win. In the 2d round, they handedly defeated #6 seed Villanova, sending the defending champs dwelling house early after an 87–61 victory, and advancing to their third straight Sugariness Sixteen in his tenure. The Boilermakers ran into their first existent test with the #2 Tennessee Volunteers. Afterward a back and along contest that included 17 pb changes and needed overtime to be decided, Purdue came out victorious, beating the Vols 99–94 to reach their first Elite Viii in nigh xx years. In the Aristocracy 8, Purdue faced the #ane seeded Virginia Cavaliers in what would be another back and forth thriller. After several lead changes throughout the game, Purdue led 70–67 with 5.nine seconds left and looked to be headed to their first Final 4 since 1980 when Virginia's Ty Jerome missed the second free throw of two. Virginia was able to come up with the offensive rebound notwithstanding, and after chasing downwardly the loose ball, Mamadi Diakite nailed a terminal second jumpshot at the buzzer to send the game to overtime. The Boilers were once again looking towards the large trip the light fantastic toe, leading 75–74 with 43 seconds to become, but Virginia was able to concur Purdue scoreless the rest of overtime and prevailed 80–75, ending the Boilermakers' season with 26 wins and their first Elite Viii appearance since 2000.

2019–20 season [edit]

In 2020, Purdue went 16-15 overall and ix-xi in Large Ten play, and the Boilers finished tied tenth in the Big Ten final standings. Postseason play was canceled due to COVID-xix.

2020–21 season [edit]

In 2021, Purdue finished with a record of 18-10 overall and 13-6 in the Big Ten. The Boilers finished 4th in the Big Ten final standings and received a 4 seed for the NCAA Tournament. Notwithstanding, the Boilers suffered a disappointing defeat at the hands of 13th seed North Texas 78-69 in OT in the offset round of the NCAA Tournament.

2021–22 flavor [edit]

Painter won his 372nd game equally Purdue's head autobus on January eight, over Penn State. This vaulted him past Hall of Famer Ward "Piggy" Lambert to become the second-winningest motorbus in Purdue history. Earlier, a victory in their conference opener over Iowa propelled the Boilermakers to No. 1 in both major polls for the first time in school history.

Purdue finished the season by losing to xv seed Saint Peter'southward in the Sugariness 16 of the NCAA Tournament, which is the offset time in NCAA history that a fifteen seed has won in the Sweet sixteen.

2022–23 season [edit]

On January 13, 2023, Painter became just the fifth coach in Big Ten history to win 400 games^[ten] (his overall record at the milestone being 400-193).

Head coaching record [edit]

Statistics overview

Season	Squad	Overall	Briefing	Standing	Postseason
Southern Illinois Salukis (Missouri Valley Conference) (2003–2004)
2003–04	Southern Illinois	25–five	17–1	1st	NCAA Division I Round of 64
Southern Illinois:		25–five (.833)	17–1 (.944)
Purdue Boilermakers (Large Ten Conference) (2005–present)
2005–06	Purdue	9–xix	3–13	11th
2006–07	Purdue	22–12	nine–7	T–quaternary	NCAA Partition I Round of 32
2007–08	Purdue	25–9	15–three	2nd	NCAA Partitioning I Circular of 32
2008–09	Purdue	27–ten	11–7	T–2d	NCAA Division I Sweet 16
2009–ten	Purdue	29–6	fourteen–4	T–1st	NCAA Division I Sweet 16
2010–xi	Purdue	26–8	xiv–4	2d	NCAA Division I Round of 32
2011–12	Purdue	22–13	10–8	6th	NCAA Segmentation I Round of 32
2012–xiii	Purdue	16–18	viii–10	T–7th	CBI quarterfinal
2013–fourteen	Purdue	xv–17	v–13	12th
2014–xv	Purdue	21–thirteen	12–6	T–third	NCAA Division I Round of 64
2015–xvi	Purdue	26–9	12–vi	T–3rd	NCAA Partition I Round of 64
2016–17	Purdue	27–8	xiv–four	1st	NCAA Division I Sweet 16
2017–eighteen	Purdue	30–seven	15–3	T–2nd	NCAA Sectionalization I Sweet 16
2018–19	Purdue	26–ten	16–4	T–1st	NCAA Division I Aristocracy Viii
2019–20	Purdue	xvi–15	9–11	T–tenth	Postseason (Cancelled)
2020–21	Purdue	eighteen–10	13–vi	fourth	NCAA Sectionalisation I Circular of 64
2021–22	Purdue	29–8	xiv–6	3rd	NCAA Division I Sweet sixteen
2022–23	Purdue	29–6	15–5	1st	NCAA Division I Round of 64
Purdue:		413–198 (.676)	209–120 (.635)
Full:		438–203 (.683)
National champion  Postseason invitational champion  Briefing regular season champion  Briefing regular flavor and briefing tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Segmentation regular season and briefing tournament champion  Conference tournament champion

Personal life [edit]

Painter has been married to his wife Sherry since Oct 2018. He has iii children: Maggie, Brayden and Wyatt Painter.^[11] Matt Painter is not related to one-time Purdue quarterback Curtis Painter.^[12]

In 1994, Painter had a cursory role in the Nick Nolte film Blueish Chips, playing for the fictitious "Declension" squad.

On vii May 2009, he served as the honorary starter and waved the green flag for the starting round of qualifying at the Indianapolis 500 in Speedway, Indiana.

References [edit]

1. ^ "Happy Altogether Archived 2022-04-22 at the Wayback Machine." The Garrett Clipper: August 26, 2012. p. 5.
2. ^ "Matt Painter bio". CBS Interactive and Purdue Sports. Archived from the original on 2011-01-04. Retrieved February 9, 2016.
3. ^ "Players Who Played for Purdue". Archived from the original on 2023-03-09. Retrieved 2023-03-09 .
4. ^ "Matt Painter Player Stats". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on March 29, 2019. Retrieved March 29, 2019.
5. ^ ^{a b} "Histrion Bio: Matt Painter". Purdue Boilermakers. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2011-01-09 .
6. ^ Haugh, David (March 23, 2010). "Painter has Purdue overcoming adversity". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 2010-05-31. Retrieved 2011-01-07 .
7. ^ O'Neil, Dana (26 January 2023). "Is the beautiful mind of Purdue's Matt Painter what college basketball needs?". The Able-bodied. Archived from the original on 26 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
8. ^ "Peak 25 for 2010-11". Archived from the original on 2010-04-10. Retrieved 2010-04-07 .
9. ^ "Painter signs new deal". Archived from the original on March 11, 2012. Retrieved March thirty, 2011.
10. ^ "Matt Painter Wins 400th Game every bit Caput Jitney of Purdue Men's Basketball". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
11. ^ "Matt Painter - 50. Dick Buell Men'due south Basketball Head Coach - Staff Directory". Purdue Boilermakers. Archived from the original on 2022-04-22. Retrieved 2020-04-29 .
12. ^ Mascaro, Chris (Feb 3, 2010). "Boilermakers for Brees". Newsday. Archived from the original on March eighteen, 2023. Retrieved March five, 2021.

External links [edit]

Media related to Matt Painter at Wikimedia Commons

• Purdue profile
• Statistics at College Basketball-Reference.com

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Painter

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