Matt Margenthaler - Minnesota State men's basketball coach on winning titles, growing in his faith and becoming a grandfather
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4.9 • 684 Ratings
🗓️ 26 July 2024
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Matt Margenthaler is the head men's basketball coach at Minnesota State University in Mankato and the 2023-24 NABC Division II coach of the year.
In the 2023-24 season, coach Margenthaler led the Mavericks to a 35-2 record and their first ever NCAA Division II national championship. On April 26, 2024, he was rewarded with a new five-year contract extension.
Today on the podcast, we talk to Matt Margenthaler about winning his first national title, becoming a first time grandfather and staying disciplined in his faith journey.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey guys, coming up today on the show, college basketball national champion head coach, Matt Marginthaler. |
| 0:07.1 | He's with Minnesota State, and they won the Division II National Championship in the NCAA this past season. |
| 0:14.1 | They went 35 and 2 and rolled all the way to the title game and won 8885 over Nova Southeastern to capture their |
| 0:22.7 | first ever Division II National Championship back in March of this year, 2004. |
| 0:28.6 | He agreed to a new five-year contract extension about a month later. He just became a grandpa. |
| 0:33.8 | His wife's birthday was very recently. Lots of great things happening with Coach Matt. |
| 0:38.6 | And also he's trying to live out his faith too as he's now in his 50s. |
| 0:42.3 | And I think he has a better perspective on what it means to coach as a follower of Christ. |
| 0:49.4 | So this was a great conversation. |
| 0:51.2 | Cannot wait for you to hear it. |
| 0:52.4 | If you are a coach or a prospective coach, this is the one to take a pen, take a piece of paper or notebook. |
| 0:59.0 | We do talk about journaling and take some notes because Coach Matt Marginthaler has some gold nuggets here that you want to write down. |
| 1:07.4 | And I think it's been awesome to watch his journey and hear about his journey now all |
| 1:11.7 | the way to a national championship at Minnesota State. It's coming up in just a second here on |
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