Matthew Francis Doherty (born February 25, 1962) is an associate commissioner of the 10th Atlantic Conference for men's college basketball. He was once a basketball coach and an American college commentator and a scout for the NBA. Doherty is head coach of Notre Dame Fighting Irish, North Carolina Tar Heels, Florida Atlantic Owls, and Mustangs High. Prior to working as head coach, Doherty played with North Carolina for four years before returning to basketball three years later as a color commentator for various high school and college programs, including Davidson. Then he became assistant coach, first at Davidson, then in Kansas.
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Initial years
Doherty was born in East Meadow, New York. In his teenage years, he went to high school in Holy Trinity DHS in Hicksville, New York Bob McKillop was his first two year coach at Holy Trinity. Doherty is the first freshman to start at Trinity Holy Trinity team.
Doherty was on the 1980 Holy Trinity team that won the A class men's basketball championship in New York state.
While in Holy Trinity, Doherty was named for the second team of the All-America Boys Basketball Team, in 1979. Doherty was also a McDonald's All-American, playing in the 1980 game.
In October 1979, Doherty committed to playing for Tar Heels. Other schools try to recruit Doherty before he can legally sign a letter of intent, but North Carolina basketball staff checks Doherty, calls and visits him until he can sign a letter of his ability.
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College career
The freshman season
Doherty is back-up for the first year. He played all but nine games in the first half of his first year because of his cracked left thumb. In the 28 games she played in her first year, Doherty has 67 assists and averages six points and three rebounds per game. He played in the NCAA Division I Championship Basketball Championship Game 1980 against Indiana.
Season sophomore
In the summer of 1981, Doherty played in the South team at the National Sports Festival.
Doherty did not start in his first year partly because of Dean Smith's reluctance to start freshmen. In the second year, Doherty was chosen as a forward player. He appeared on November 30, 1981 Sports Illustrated issued a preview of the 1981-82 season, announcing the North Carolina team this season as the number one preseason team by Poll AP. Other Smith senior starters for the team - James Worthy, Sam Perkins, and Jimmy Black - also appeared on the cover with Smith. (Michael Jordan, one of the beginner novices of Smith, was removed from the cover because Smith did not allow media coverage of new players before they played their first game.)
Doherty made 71 of his 92 free throws, converting 0.772 percent of his free throws; the percentage of free throws is the best of every player on the 1981-82 team. He also made 105 assists and averaged 9.3 points and three rebounds per game. Doherty scored on key points from the North Carolina postseason; he scored three free throw victories in a North Carolina win against Virginia in the ACC Men's 1982 Men's Basketball tournament, and he was one of the highest scorers in the 1982 NCAA Regional East Semifinal game against Alabama. He is also a Second Team Selection ACC All-Tournament.
The junior season
Doherty led the 1982-83 team in assists, with 150 assists. He averaged 10.5 points and 3.8 rebounds per game. Doherty was also named the team's most outstanding defender of the season.
In the 1983 ACC Boys Basketball Quarterfinal Tournament against Clemson, Doherty scored 28 points, the most points he scored in the individual games during his college career. He made the Second Team ACC All-Tournament for the second year in a row.
Senior season
Prior to his senior season, Doherty played in the 1983 United States Select team.
Doherty was one of the 1983-84 team captains, along with Perkins and Cecil Exum. Doherty is also the team's help leader, with 124 assists. He averaged 9.8 points and four rebounds per game.
In his last ACC Tournament in 1984, Doherty was named the selection of the All-ACC Tournament Main Team. He is also on the ACC All-Academic team.
In North Carolina, Doherty was a four-year letterman. Doherty is the second person in ACC history to earn 1,000 points, 400 rebounds, and 400 assists during his college career. In the four seasons Doherty played with North Carolina, Tar Heels earned a record 117 wins and 21 defeats and won the 1982 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament.
Doherty was the recipient of the 1984 Jim Tatum Memorial Award, an award given by the University of North Carolina Chancellor at Chapel Hill who respects athletes who also participate in community activities.
Doherty graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill in 1984 with a degree in business administration.
After college
After graduating from UNC-Chapel Hill, Doherty entered the NBA Draft 1984. He was designed by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the sixth round, with a total selection of 119. Doherty signed a contract with the Cavaliers on 25 September 1984, only to see the contract canceled three days later. Doherty never played in the NBA.
Doherty wants nothing to do with basketball after seeing his contract canceled. He worked as a bond seller on Wall Street for three years, but hated him. Doherty claimed to quit his job on Wall Street at a press conference held shortly after he was appointed head coach of Notre Dame.
Doherty moved to Charlotte, North Carolina, where he worked as an executive search consultant. Around the same time, Doherty made a color comment for North Carolina, Davidson, St. Francis (NY), and a high school in the Charlotte area.
Assistant career train
Doherty started his coaching career with Charlotte-based Amateur Athletic Union team, coaching with former Tar Heel athlete Charles Waddell. Doherty coached Jeff McInnis before McInnis came to UNC-Chapel Hill.
In 1989, Doherty was hired as an assistant basketball coach at Davidson, where McKillop was head coach. Doherty was an assistant coach at Davidson for three seasons.
In 1993, Doherty became an assistant coach in Kansas under Roy Williams, who had been Smith's assistant during the years of Doherty in North Carolina. Doherty was in Kansas for seven years. During the Doherty period in Kansas, Jayhawks won four Big 8 and Big 12 titles and advanced to the Men's NCAA Division I Men's Division Tournament every year. Doherty is an active recruiter during his time in Kansas. Some of the players he guided there went on to play in the NBA, including, but not limited to, Paul Pierce, Drew Gooden, and Kirk Hinrich. Other Kansas players talk about how Doherty recruited them to the press. In an interview with Lawrence Journal-World , T.J. Pugh mentions that, on separate occasions, Doherty sends him a single game with a note "We think you and I are the perfect partner" as well as a drunken bag with the note "We'll get sick if you do not choose Kansas" written on it. Raef LaFrentz, speaking to USA Today, called Doherty drawing a cartoon called "Jayhawk Slammer," which featured a player dipping into several people.
Train a career
Notre Dame
On March 30, 1999, Doherty was named Notre Dame's basketball head coach less than a month after John MacLeod resigned. At Notre Dame Doherty's press conference, Doherty said his name was mentioned in the media for other training work, but he never personally offered this job. As a result, Doherty thinks he seems to have rejected some other training work before Notre Dame's coaching work was opened.
Like every college coach in the country, Doherty and his Notre Dame team members, like every college player, have hopes of reaching the 2000 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. But with a regular 16-13 season record and the loss of the quarter-finals to Miami at the Great Eastern Men's 2000 Basketball Tour, Notre Dame Doherty's team did not accept an offer for the NCAA Tournament. Instead, they received an invitation to the 2000 National Invitation Tournament. Notre Dame Doherty's team reached the NIT finals, falling to Wake Forest. Notre Dame Doherty's team ended the season with a 22-15 record.
North Carolina
First season
Bill Guthridge decided to retire at the end of North Carolina's 1999-2000 basketball season, on 30 June 2000. North Carolina basketball staff interviewed Roy Williams for head coaching after Guthridge retired. Roy Williams was mistakenly named head coach by Herald-Sun from Durham, North Carolina, before he could decide on a coaching job in North Carolina. Roy Williams decided to live in Kansas. Other coaches, including John Calipari, are interested in training posts, but Guthridge and Smith insist that they are looking for a coach with links to North Carolina basketball. George Karl, Larry Brown, Eddie Fogler, Jeff Lebo, and Randy Wiel, all of North Carolina basketball alumni, applied for the vacancy. Karl, Brown, and Fogler then took their name for consideration. Dick Baddour, then UNC-Chapel Hill athletic director, prepares to hire Doherty. Doherty was named the North Carolina head coach on July 11, 2000. Doherty decided to take the job after a phone call with Jordan that day. Jordan told Doherty that coaching assignments in North Carolina might be directed to someone who does not play or train in North Carolina.
Doherty asked the North Carolina basketball staff if he could bring his own staff from Notre Dame with him to North Carolina. North Carolina basketball staff approved Doherty's request. Doherty brought his assistant coach - Doug Wojcik, Fred Quartlebaum, and Bob MacKinnon - and his basketball operations coordinator, David Cason, with him from Notre Dame. Doherty feels he appreciates the loyalty of the people who work with him at Notre Dame and Smith will do the same. In contrast, Smith and North Carolina basketball staff at the time disappointed Doherty to replace assistant coaches Guthridge, Phil Ford, Dave Hanners, and Pat Sullivan. Ford, Hanners, and Sullivan not only played for North Carolina (unlike the coach staff of Notre Dame Doherty), they were also involved in the recruitment of players prior to the arrival of Doherty. Doherty then feels he's being misled by North Carolina basketball staff. However, some coaches praised Doherty for retaining Notre Dame's coaching staff when he became North Carolina head coach.
Doherty also fired several front office staff working in the basketball office, moving the North Carolina basketball staff's surprise.
In July 1999, Doherty gave a speech to his new team. The speech did not discuss the way Doherty wanted the speech to be delivered; players confused by Doherty's speech, and Smith, who still works at the basketball office, chose to check Doherty's early practice. Smith continues to call Doherty all season to congratulate Doherty on his victory and encourage Doherty to enjoy his victory more often.
Doherty's first public appearance as head coach of North Carolina was at Midnight Madness's annual North Carolina show, later called "Midnight with Matt and the Tar Heels." Doherty received a standing ovation when he entered Carmichael Auditorium in warm clothes and shoes from the team. He participated in several event events, including a three point and 3 point shoot contest on 3 contests between the coaching staff and the champion of the intramural basketball team UNC-Chapel Hill.
The first season of Doherty starts with a game against Winthrop. Doherty called Joseph Forte a "motherfucking prima donna" during the break after Forte made the switch. Doherty also received technical violations by marching in court and stomping his legs, in an attempt to get his team's attention. Fans in attendance praised Doherty's technical infringement.
Doherty apologizes for the loss to Kentucky. After losing Kentucky, Tar Heels went on an 18-match winning streak. During this streak, Tumor Tar won the Hardee 2000 Tournament, held at the Charlotte Coliseum. Doherty, unhappy with the first half of the game against UMass, threw a seat in Tar Heels' dressing room in the first half. At a post-match press conference, Doherty said he needed to buy a new chair to replace the chair he threw in the locker room.
Curry Kirkpatrick, which includes Doherty for the February 12, 2001, column at ESPN The Magazine, included a Doherty quote made in a team crowd during the February 1, 2001 game against Duke in Durham. Doherty's comments did not spark anger on the Duke University campus, but Doherty still issued an apology after the article came out.
Doherty received a technical offense during a March 4, 2001 game against Duke at Chapel Hill. Doherty beckoned to the crowd after receiving technical violations.
Along with Duke, Tar Heels won part of the 2000-01 regular season ACC title. Doherty is the first men's basketball coach to win the regular season championship title at ACC in his first season. He is also the first coach to play for, and then the coach, the team ranked number one in Poll AP. After the regular season ended, Doherty was named Best National Coach of the Year.
The Tar Heels made it to the final of the ACC Men's Basketball Tournament in 2001, but lost in the final for Duke. Later, Tar Heels won a great bid on the 2001 Division I NCAA Basketball Tournament, but was knocked out in the second round by Penn State. They finished their season with a 26-7 record. Michael Brooker, who is a fifth year senior during Doherty's first year as head coach of North Carolina, blames the collective feeling of pride among the players as well as the players not listening to Doherty and his coaching staff for their loss towards the end of the game. season.
Second season
Doherty is afraid to train his second season in North Carolina. Some of Doherty's best players from his first season have left. The combination of the lack of depth and the inexperienced new students in the back court led to a season that finished 8-20, setting a record high for most losses for a season.
After the second season of Doherty, Adam Boone, a player recruited by Guthridge, moved from North Carolina. Boone is the third player to be transferred before the third season of Doherty. Boone's father felt no respect in the basketball program.
The ACC Area Sports Journal publishes an article about Doherty after Boone's transfer. Sources close to the North Carolina basketball program, including former students and former students, speak with the author of the article, David Glenn, under anonymity. These sources feel Doherty can be a good coach, but Doherty's approach to the relationship between the player and himself needs to be changed. One source thinks Doherty's training style is not constructive and his anger at various situations is contagious to his criticism of players.
Jawad Williams and Melvin Scott met Doherty and North Carolina coaching staff several times after the season ended. They told the coaching staff, they felt uncomfortable talking to them.
Third season
The third season of Doherty begins with Tar Heels winning the 2002 Preseason NIT, beating Roy Williams Kansas in the process. Their five wins are the best start for the season since the 1998-99 season. After the match against Iona, Sean May broke her leg. Some defeats, including five straight defeats, followed May's injury.
The regular season ends with North Carolina's first win over Duke since 2001. During the game, held at Chapel Hill, Doherty got into a fight with Chris Collins, who was then an assistant coach for Duke.
Shortly after the regular season ended, the ACC Sports Journal published another work by Glenn that centered on the ongoing problem between Doherty and his players. The parents of a player cited in the article do not trust Doherty and believe the other players also do not trust Doherty. Mother of David Noel told Star-News Noel had no problems with Doherty, but she heard another player having trouble with Doherty.
The Tar Heels received an invitation to NIT 2003. They lost in the quarter-finals to Georgetown. The Tar Heels finished their season with 19 wins and the second highest program of 16 losses. (This record has been surpassed by 17 losses from the 2009-10 season.)
After losing Georgetown, Baddour talks with the players and some parents. The meeting lasted five days. Journalists stationed near the Smith Center for news of Doherty's future. At the meeting, six players told Baddour that they were thinking of moving. Baddour concluded he had no choice but to get rid of Doherty from his post.
A press conference was set for the night of April 1, 2003. Doherty was told that he could not return as North Carolina basketball head coach. North Carolina basketball staff prepared an announcement for resignation and shooting, depending on Doherty's decision. North Carolina basketball alumni were skeptical of Baddour's decision to give Doherty two options, but Baddour assured them that Willherty's job prospects and financial situation would look better if Doherty was given the option of resigning. Doherty opted to resign, and his resignation was announced at a press conference scheduled in North Carolina. Doherty did not attend the press conference. The contract was purchased for $ 337,500.
In an interview with Jones Angell and Adam Lucas for Carolina Insider podcast Steve Kirshner, senior athletic director of UNC Athletics, said he allows players to come to a press conference announcing Doherty's resignation. However, Kirshner did not realize the players attending the press conference were wearing street clothes until before the press conference began. Kirshner felt the players' clothing was misinterpreted in the media, sparking rumors that the players disrespected Doherty and forced him to resign.
Two days after his resignation, Doherty conducted an interview with Jay Bilas for ESPN. In the interview, Doherty stated his resignation was wrongly handled. Doherty claimed Baddour and his assistant failed to attend any of Doherty's practices. A spokesman for UNC-Chapel Hill, speaking on behalf of Baddour, denied the claim. Jawad Williams defends Doherty after his resignation; he believes every college basketball coach will have anger problems.
Doherty is considering returning to Davidson to become an assistant coach again. Instead, he took the following year, talking to Brown, Rick Carlisle, Don Nelson, Gregg Popovich, Tom Izzo, and Tommy Amaker about their training methods. He went to the Wharton School of Business and wrote a thesis on his professional and personal life. He also took classes at the Darden Graduate School of Business Administration and the Bell Leadership Institute in Chapel Hill. While studying at a business school, Doherty also writes columns for Sports News and provides color comments for ESPN, College Sports Television and Carolinas Sports Entertainment Television. He also works part-time as a reconnaissance for the New York Knicks.
Allegations by Rashad McCants
In an interview with ESPN, Rashad McCants claims Doherty knows about the fake classes that make McCants eligible to play in North Carolina. Doherty denied the allegations on his Twitter account.
Florida Atlantic
Doherty was named the basketball head coach of the Atlantic Atlantic Florida on April 18, 2005, taking over from Sidney Green, who was fired more than a month earlier. Doherty is the fifth coach in FAU history and the last coach for FAU's temporary coach is at the Atlantic Atlantic Conference.
Hurricane Wilma damaged FAU Arena and forced Owls Doherty's team to practice at Bishop Moore High School and Champions Sport Complex in Orlando, Florida. However, Owls season started on time, with a loss of 74-78 to Colgate.
The one-hour reality show in the Doherty season with FAU, The Season: Florida Atlantic University, first aired on ESPN2 on January 30, 2006.
Within a year of Doherty at FAU, the Owls achieved their best conference record (14-6) and record third season victories in school history.
While in FAU, Doherty appeared on the ESPNU The U event as an analyst of March Madness.
SMU
After Jimmy Tubbs was fired for a violation of the NCAA, the athletics department at Southern Methodist University began looking for Tubbs replacements. The committee chose Doherty because of his recruiting ability and his attention for his student athletes. Doherty was named the head men's basketball coach at SMU on 24 April 2006.
While in high school, Doherty held a lecture in time as a North Carolina coach at Cox School of Business, as a case study in business failure. She also helps in fundraising and planning for the Crum Basketball Center, an exercise facility for the men's and women's basketball teams. The Center opened in February 2008. Before the Crum Basketball Center was opened, Doherty held his rehearsal at the church gym.
To arouse interest in the basketball program, Doherty went to fraternities and events at the high school campus and held his weekly radio show at the Ten Sports Grill in Downtown Dallas, off of the high school campus. He also started a blog, MustangHoopsBlog.com, which is hosted on a high school athletic site. The idea of ​​starting a blog comes from Mark Cuban.
The first year of Doherty in high school was declining. He lost his best player, Bryan Hopkins, to qualify. He had enough time to sign only one of his prospects, Cameron Spencer. However, in that season, Doherty grabbed his 100th career victory as a coach with victory against Texas-Pan American. Doherty ended his first season in high school with an overall record of 14-17 and a non-conference 11-3 record.
The fifth season of Doherty with Mustang, in 2010-11, was his most successful season on the pitch. The overall 20-15 record of The Mustang is the first 20-win possessed by Mustang since 1999-2000. The Mustang family also received their first offer for more than a decade; they advanced to the semifinals of the Postseason CollegeInsider.com 2011 Tournament. They were beaten in the semi-finals by the last tournament champion Santa Clara.
Having recorded 13-19 records during the 2011-12 season, Doherty was fired from high school on March 13, 2012. His overall record at SMU is 80-109. None of his high school teams made it through the first round of the USA Men's Basketball Tournament. According to The Dallas Morning News , Doherty received $ 500,000 for the remaining year remaining on his contract. Doherty released a statement to the press, acknowledging that he was released because of his overall record in high school.
After training
Doherty is an Indiana Pacers lookout. He was hired in October 2012.
In 2013, Doherty called the college basketball game for ESPNU and then appeared in the Countdown Tournament: The Experts, part of ESPNU's post-season campus basketball coverage.
On August 17, 2017, Doherty was hired as commissioner of the Atlantic Conference 10 conference for the men's basketball.
Personal life
While Doherty was training at Davidson, he married Kelly Propst, also an alumnus of UNC-Chapel Hill. They have two children, Tucker (born 1997) and Hattie (born 1999).
Head coaching record
References
External links
- MustangHoopsBlog.com, Doherty's blog was saved when he became head coach at high school.
- Doherty's personal blog
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