UW-Stevens Point athletics and head men’s basketball coach Bob Semling announced today (July 20) the addition of Matt Hockett as an assistant coach for the Pointers.
Hockett comes to UWSP from the University of Minnesota Duluth, where he was an assistant for the Bulldogs the last three seasons. While at UMD, he coached three all-conference players and a NABC All-Region selection in 2016.
Prior to UMD, he was the head coach at Stoughton High School for six seasons. While at SHS, he led the Vikings to four-straight Badger Conference titles and took the team to the state tournament in 2013, the first appearance since 1939.
Hockett played collegiately for UMD for five seasons (redshirted his first season) and was twice voted the team’s most improved player. His senior season, he was a co-captain and received the North Central Conference Honor Athlete and the E.L. “Duce” Rasmussen Award (UMD’s Top Male Scholar-Athlete). Following his playing career at UMD, he spent two months with Athletes in Action in Asia.
A McFarland, Wis., native, Hockett has a bachelor’s and a master’s degree from UMD. He and his wife, Ann, have two children, Braxton and Braelynn.
