Former Ohio State basketball head coach Thad Matta is back on the sidelines and he’s looking to restore some glory to his former team and alma mater, Butler.
We kind of lost track of Matta after he exited Ohio State with health and performance issues, but every once in a while you’d hear his name surface with coaching vacancies only for it to be a bit of afterthought. Not this time though.
The pull of Butler was too much for a guy that is an Indiana native and makes his home just down the road from campus. He’s back in the fray and it’ll be interesting to see how the grind of recruiting, game days, practices, and other functions are handled by what looked like a tired and pained head coach when he left the game in 2017.
Nevertheless, we’ll be rooting for him except for when the paths of Ohio State and Butler cross.
Matta was formally introduced to the Butler media on Wednesday, and of course, we were interested in what the former Buckeye great had to say to the Bulldog faithful. You might be too. If you are, you’re in luck because we have the video thanks to the YouTube Channel of Butler Athletics.
Watch the below and listen to Matta discuss what it means for him to come home to Butler, how he’s feeling healthwise, and even some of the things he’ll bring from his time at Ohio State.
We’ll be very interested observers when Butler kicks off its season in November. Stay tuned …
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