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American college basketball coach (born 1970)

Matt Figger
Current position
Title	Assistant coach
Team	UMass Minutemen
Conference	Atlantic 10
Biographical details
Born	(1970-01-22) January 22, 1970 (age 54) Jenkins, Kentucky, U.S.
Alma mater	Eastern Kentucky
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1993–1994	Wabash Valley (assistant)
1994–1999	Vincennes (assistant)
2000–2002	Odessa (assistant)
2003–2007	South Alabama (assistant)
2007	Arkansas (assistant)
2007–2012	Kansas State (assistant)
2012–2017	South Carolina (assistant)
2017–2021	Austin Peay
2021–2024	UT Rio Grande Valley
2024–present	UMass (assistant)

Head coaching record
Overall	105–116 (.475)
Tournaments	1–1 (CIT)
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
OVC Coach of the Year (2018)

Robert Matthew Figger (born January 22, 1970) is an American college basketball coach who is an assistant coach for the UMass Minutemen. He previously served as the head coach at Austin Peay and at UT Rio Grande Valley.

Coaching career

Figger got his college coaching start at Wabash Valley in 1993 as an assistant coach, before moving on to Vincennes and Odessa College to serve as an assistant coach. Figger also had assistant coaching stops at South Alabama, and Arkansas before landing on Frank Martin's staff at Kansas State. Figger followed Martin as an assistant coach to South Carolina. Figger was a part of the Gamecocks Final Four appearance in the 2017 NCAA tournament.

On April 6, 2017, Figger was named the 12th head coach in Austin Peay history, taking over for longtime coach Dave Loos.

In March 2021, Figger left Austin Peay to become the head coach at UT Rio Grande Valley.

On May 21, 2024, Figger was officially named as an assistant coach for the UMass Minutemen under head coach Frank Martin.

Statistics overview
Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Austin Peay Governors (Ohio Valley Conference) (2017–2021)
2017–18	Austin Peay	19–15	12–6	3rd	CIT quarterfinal
2018–19	Austin Peay	22–11	13–5	4th
2019–20	Austin Peay	21–12	14–4	3rd
2020–21	Austin Peay	14–13	10–10	T–5th
Austin Peay:		76–51 (.598)	49–25 (.662)
Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros/UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros (WAC) (2021–2024)
2021–22	Texas–Rio Grande Valley	8–23	3–15	T–11th
2022–23	Texas–Rio Grande Valley	15–17	6–12	T–10th
2023–24	UT Rio Grande Valley	6–25	2–18	11th
Texas–Rio Grande Valley:		29–65 (.309)	11–45 (.196)
Total:		105–116 (.475)

v t e Austin Peay Governors men's basketball head coaches
Halbert Harvill (1929–1930) Scott Alden (1930–1933) Halbert Harvill (1933–1936) Fred T. Brown (1936–1943) No team (1943–1945) Bee Lowe (1945–1946) Dave Aaron (1946–1962) George Fisher (1962–1971) Lake Kelly (1971–1977) Ed Thompson (1977–1979) Ron Bargatze (1979–1983) Howard Jackson (1983–1985) Lake Kelly (1985–1990) Dave Loos (1990–2017) Matt Figger (2017–2021) Nate James (2021–2023) Corey Gipson (2023– )

Halbert Harvill (1929–1930)
Scott Alden (1930–1933)
Halbert Harvill (1933–1936)
Fred T. Brown (1936–1943)
No team (1943–1945)
Bee Lowe (1945–1946)
Dave Aaron (1946–1962)
George Fisher (1962–1971)
Lake Kelly (1971–1977)
Ed Thompson (1977–1979)
Ron Bargatze (1979–1983)
Howard Jackson (1983–1985)
Lake Kelly (1985–1990)
Dave Loos (1990–2017)
Matt Figger (2017–2021)
Nate James (2021–2023)
Corey Gipson (2023– )

v t e UT Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros men's basketball head coaches
L. A. Youngman (1952–1954) Harry Meng (1954–1956) John Donnelly (1956–1958) Sam Williams (1958–1973) Abe Lemons (1973–1976) Bill White (1976–1982) Lon Kruger (1982–1986) Kevin Wall (1986–1992) Mark Adams (1992–1997) Delray Brooks (1997–1999) Bob Hoffman (1999–2004) Robert Davenport (2004–2006) Tom Schuberth (2006–2009) Ryan Marks (2009–2013) Dan Hipsher (2013–2016) Lew Hill (2016–2021) Jai Steadman # (2021) Matt Figger (2021–2024) Kahil Fennell (2024– ) # denotes interim head coach

L. A. Youngman (1952–1954)
Harry Meng (1954–1956)
John Donnelly (1956–1958)
Sam Williams (1958–1973)
Abe Lemons (1973–1976)
Bill White (1976–1982)
Lon Kruger (1982–1986)
Kevin Wall (1986–1992)
Mark Adams (1992–1997)
Delray Brooks (1997–1999)
Bob Hoffman (1999–2004)
Robert Davenport (2004–2006)
Tom Schuberth (2006–2009)
Ryan Marks (2009–2013)
Dan Hipsher (2013–2016)
Lew Hill (2016–2021)
Jai Steadman # (2021)
Matt Figger (2021–2024)
Kahil Fennell (2024– )

# denotes interim head coach

v t e Ohio Valley Conference Men's Basketball Coach of the Year
1962: Diddle 1963: Oldham 1964: Luther 1965: Baechtold 1966: Oldham 1967: Fisher 1968: Brock 1969: Luther 1970: Oldham 1971: Oldham 1972: Strong 1973: Kelly 1974: Earle 1975: Richards 1976: Schalow 1977: Earle & Overton 1978: Smith 1979: Byhre 1980: Greene 1981: Haskins 1982: Deaton & Martin 1983: Greene 1984: Martin 1985: Deaton 1986: Huggins 1987: Good 1988: Newton 1989: Stewart 1990: Newton 1991: Loos 1992: Edgar 1993: Allen 1994: Edgar 1995: Allen & Fick 1996: Luther 1997: Loos 1998: Gottfried 1999: Anderson & Garner 2000: Lebo 2001: Lebo 2002: Lebo 2003: Loos 2004: Loos 2005: Sutton 2006: Cronin 2007: Loos 2008: Tyndall 2009: Campbell 2010: Kennedy 2011: Kennedy 2012: Prohm 2013: Byrd 2014: Byrd 2015: Prohm 2016: Ford 2017: Byrd 2018: Figger 2019: Byrd 2020: Hamilton 2021: Spradlin 2022: McMahon 2023: Spradlin 2024: Walker

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