Matt McMahon to take LSU basketball job

LSU is expected to announce that Murray State head coach Matt McMahon will be LSU's next head basketball coach replacing Will Wade.

The 43 year old McMahon is a native of Oak Ridge, Tennessee.  He graduated from Appalachian State in 2000 with a degree in marketing.  His wife Mary is a former standout for the Furman women’s basketball team. The couple has two daughters, Maris (12) and Mabry (8), and a son, Mason (10).

Murray State was eliminated from the second round of the NCAA tournament by Saint Peter’s, 70-60 on Saturday.

He was named Ohio Valley Coach Of The Year after his team finished 31-3 on the season.

McMahon’s contract at Murray State paid him 500,000 annually.

From his Murray State bio:

The 2021-22 season marks the seventh for Coach Matt McMahon to lead the Murray State men’s basketball program.

Heading into the season, McMahon is the dean of coaches in the Ohio Valley Conference with six complete seasons.

He was named the Racers’ 16th head coach on June 9, 2015.

At the time, he was the third youngest rookie head coach in NCAA D-I.

In 2020, McMahon joined a select group of Racer coaches to have three-consecutive 20-win seasons. The other two were Carlisle Cutchin (1925-26, 1926-27, 1927-28) and Steve Prohm, who is the only MSU coach to have four in a row (2011-12, 2012-13, 2-13-14, 2014-15).

Heading into 2021-22, McMahon has 123 career wins with the Racers, behind only MSU's first coach, Carlisle Cutchin, who won 256 games over 16 seasons from 1925-41 and Cal Luther, who also coached 16 seasons (1958-74) and won 241 games.

With 75 wins in the OVC over six seasons, McMahon is second all-time at MSU behind only Coach Luther at 125.

2019-20 Season -  Coach McMahon has led the Racers to one of the greatest three-year periods of program history that includes three-straight OVC regular season championships (2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20) and two OVC Tournament titles (2017-18, 2018-19).

In the last three seasons, the Racers are a combined 77-20 (.777) overall and 47-7 (.870) in OVC games.