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The Basketball Podcast

Matt Wise on First Year Head Coaching (EP392)

The Basketball Podcast

Chris Oliver

Basketball, Sports

4.3525 Ratings

🗓️ 1 October 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

In this week's basketball coaching conversation, Samford head coach Matt Wise joins the Basketball Podcast to share insights on taking over as a first year head coach.

Matt Wise enters the 2025–26 season as the head women’s basketball coach at Samford University, continuing to build on a coaching career defined by player development, tactical innovation, and program elevation. After being officially introduced as head coach in April 2025, Wise took the reins following two seasons as an assistant coach with the Bulldogs, where he was deeply involved in all aspects of the program.

Prior to his time at Samford, Wise served as the director of video and creative content for Alabama’s women’s basketball team during the 2021–22 season. His coaching journey also includes extensive experience on the men’s side, with assistant coaching roles at East Tennessee State, Little Rock, and two separate stints at the University of Wyoming. At Wyoming, he helped guide the Cowboys to a Mountain West Tournament title and an NCAA Tournament berth in 2015, contributing to the development of NBA forward Larry Nance Jr.

Wise began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at the University of Florida, where he supported the Gators during back-to-back Elite Eight appearances.

A former four-year letter winner at Transylvania University, he led the Pioneers to a 2009 NCAA Division III Tournament appearance and earned his master’s degree in sport management from Florida in 2013.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Awesome to welcome Sanford head basketball coach Matt Wise to the basketball podcast.

0:06.2

Coach Wise enters the 2025-26 season as the head women's basketball coach at Sanford University,

0:12.1

continuing to build on a coaching career defined by player development, tactical innovation, and program elevation.

0:18.4

After being officially introduces the new head coach in April 2025, Wise took

0:24.2

the reins following two seasons as an assistant coach with Sanford Bulldogs, where he was deeply

0:29.1

involved in all aspects of the program. Prior to his time at Sanford, Wise served as the director

0:34.3

of video and creative content for Alabama women's basketball team during the

0:38.0

2021-22 season. His coaching journey also includes extensive experience on the men's side with assistant

0:44.7

coaching roles at East Tennessee State, Little Rock, and two separate stints at the University of Wyoming.

0:51.3

At Wyoming, he helped guide the Cowboys to a Mount West Termin title

0:54.7

and NCAA in 2015, contributing to the development of NBA forward Larry Nance Jr.

1:01.0

Wise began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at the University of Florida, where he supported

1:05.7

the Gators during back-to-back elite aid appearances. A former four-year letter winner at

1:10.5

Transylvania University,

1:11.6

he led the pioneers to 2009 NCAA NCAA Tournament Appearance and earned his master degree

1:17.3

in sport management. Do you know which lineups and player combinations are the most productive? Hoops

1:21.9

olytics has the most comprehensive lineup analysis system available. Coaches can see how each group

1:26.8

performs offensively or

1:28.1

defensively or excels in special situations. For example, if you need to force a late-game

1:33.0

turnover, you can see which group has the best defensive turnover percentage, or see which

1:37.4

four athletes work best with your star player. And you can do the same team-based analysis

1:41.7

for groups of two or three players as well.

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