MOREHEAD, Ky. -- Following an Ohio Valley Conference championship season, Morehead State Head Men's Basketball Coach
Jonathan Mattox has earned a contract extension through the 2029-30 season.
Mattox, the 15th head coach in MSU men's basketball program history, led the Eagles to a 20-13 mark and a 15-5 record in the OVC this season. He guided the 2025-26 Eagles to their most league wins for a coach in his first two years with the program. He earned OVC co-Coach of the Year as well as was named to the Ben Jobe Coach of the Year Watch List.
Mattox has now been on staff for five 20-win seasons at Morehead State.
"I want to thank our President Dr. Jay Morgan and our Director of Athletics
Kelly Wells for their belief in me and sharing the same vision," said Mattox. "My family and I love Morehead, we are thankful for the great support from our community. I'm extremely appreciative of this and look forward to having continued success at Morehead State University."
Mattox began his career at MSU in 2013-14 as a graduate manager and eventually earned his way up to associate head coach for the 2021-22 season. He spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Murray State before taking the lead job back here at Morehead State for the 2024-25 season. The Eagles won 15 games in his first campaign.
As the associate head coach, Mattox assisted in leading the Morehead State program to prominence in 2020-21, winning the school's first Ohio Valley Conference tournament championship in 10 years and leading the Eagles to the NCAA Tournament with a 23-8 record.
Working primarily with the big men, Mattox helped in the development of Johni Broome, who was named OVC Freshman of the Year and made First Team All-OVC. Broome was the OVC Defensive Player of the Year in 2021-22. Broome is now with the NBA's Philadelphia 76ers.
Mattox was named one of the top assistants in the Ohio Valley Conference and in the nation by multiple media organizations. In 2020-21, he was named the Assistant Coach of the Year by Embrace Us. In 2020, Mattox was named the top assistant coach in the OVC by Jeff Goodman, and also earned a spot on the top 50 list of most impactful assistant coaches at low-major programs by Silver Waves Media.
He officially took on the interim assistant coaching position in December of 2016, nine games into the 2016-17 season after the Eagles opened with a 2-7 record. He then helped lead Morehead State to a 12-9 record the rest of the way and a 10-6 mark in OVC play, which ranked second in the league.Â
Mattox started his college playing career at Division II member Anderson (S.C.) and finished at Emmanuel (Ga.). As a senior, he helped the Lions to a 26-8 overall record and Southern States Athletic Conference Tournament championship.
Mattox earned four letters in basketball at Oconee County High School (Ga.). As a senior, he helped the Warriors to a Class AAA Region 8 title and berth in the Class AAA Elite Eight. He notched Second-Team All-Northeast Georgia honors his final two years.
Mattox earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Emmanuel in 2011 and Master's Degree in coaching and athletic administration from Concordia (Calif.) in 2013.
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