Southwestern College (IA) downed Tabor College last night 76-61, giving head coach Matt O’Brien’s his 300th victory as a collegiate head coach. The win pushed Southwestern’s record to 17-3 (11-3 KCAC), and increased their current winning streak to seven.
O’Brien is in his 13th season as the head coach of the Moundbuilders. In 2018 O’Brien became the winningest coach in the history of Southwestern, while being named KCAC coach of the year. O’Brien has had twelve straight winning seasons, seven 20 win seasons, and is 15 wins shy of 300 wins, which puts him amongst the most active winning coaches in the NAIA.
Other career highlights include:
All-Time winningest coach in Southwestern College history
2019 Kansas Basketball Coaches College Coach of the year
2018 KCAC Coach of the year
Coached 2019 National Player of the Year
11 straight winning seasons
6 straight 20 win seasons
2017-18 KCAC championship is the first Conference Championship since 2005-06
27 wins in 2017-18 are the 2nd most wins in school history
Ranked as high as #6 in the nation
Led Builders to 4 straight KCAC tournament championship games
National Tournament Appearance 2 of the last 3 years
First ever National Tournament win in school history
Back to Back Sweet 16 appearances
First ever Sweet 16 in school history
Has coached 4 All-Americans
Has coached 27 All-Conference Selections
Has coached Southwestern’s All-Time leader in scoring and rebounding (Cameron Clark)
2 time National Champion of Character Team
7 Team Scholar awards
Was selected twice to represent the USA to coach internationally with overall 11-2 record
Led his team to a Bronze medal in the 2018 United World Games
