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Breaking: LSU Hiring Murray State Basketball Coach Matt McMahon

by Staff Reporter

March 21, 202241 Comments

Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports

Update: LSU has officially hired Matt McMahon.

Multiple sources are reporting that LSU will hire Murray State Basketball Head Coach Matt McMahon.

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McMahon has been the head coach at Murray State in the Ohio Valley Conference since 2015 with a 154-67 overall record and three trips to the NCAA Tournament. He is currently under contract until the 2023 season, making $500,000 a year.

The 43-year old coach from Oak Ridge, Tennessee was named OVC Coach of the Year earlier this month after leading the Racers to a 31-3 (18-0 OVC) record this season.

Murray State earned a No. 7 seed in the NCAA Tournament this season and beat No. 11 San Francisco in the first round but lost to No. 15 St. Peters in the second round.

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LSUvet72•31 months

Seems like a successful coach but Scotty is not 2.6 million a year for 7 years an excessive contract from the $500,000 a year Mc Mahon earns now?

lathoroughbred•31 months

I live around Murray so I see alot concerning the Racers. This guy is the real thing. Very smart hire.

AllenTXTiger•31 months

Great hire! He'll ride out the pain of the sanctions and turn the program into a respectable contender!

LSUMBAgrad•31 months

I hope LSU and Scott Woodward made him a “strong arse offer!”

Sisselpud81•31 months

Murray state racuuurs!

Fightin Okra•31 months

Tell him to keep his check book in his pocket

HTF4U•31 months

Great hire

Water Mocassin•31 months

Very good hire and he isn’t a cheater.

Big EZ Tiger•31 months

As if you would know either way.

Godfather1•31 months

With NIL, nobody’s a “cheater” anymore.

MechanicalTiger•31 months

I like it, best we could do without tGeneral.

LSUsince74•31 months

I like this hire!!

EvrybodysAllAmerican•31 months

Smart to get somebody hired before the ncaa hammer hits.

RazzleDazzle•31 months

He was connected to almost every team looking for a head coach.

floyd13•31 months

Hey Scott did you not see St Peter's coach out coach him sheesh ?

jkylejohnson•31 months

I guess St. Peter’s coach is better than calipari too if we’re going with that logic.

CrystalPreserves•31 months

St Peters is just hot right now. They woulda beat Brad Stevens and Coach K too.

CanebreakCajun•31 months

Have you researched his record at Murray State?

Damathe•31 months

Fits a smart profile by SW. If he builds us into a power, he gets a bigger/reasonable extension but SW can kick him to the curb for a big fish if and when sanctions expire.

Wayne_T•31 months

He has a strong track record. Welcome and Geaux Tigers!

ValleyTNTIGER•31 months

Seems like a great hire. Now LSU needs to support him as he moves to the SEC and P5 basketball.

TigerFanatic99•31 months

Surely he knows the shite show he is walking into, right? I'd love to know how Woodward sold him on this.

rob62•31 months

Maybe everything isn’t as bad as you think.

tigerfan0082•31 months

He’s making $500K right now. He’s about to get paid!! The sanctions will be gone in a few years, but that check will be nice in the mean time!

tigerMike•31 months

NOLA Krewe•31 months

Any successful coach willing to jump into this mess…Thank you.

LesnarF5•31 months

Runs a real guard driven team, very disciplined. Good coach!!!

mtemplet•31 months

Bet Miller is happy

mtemplet•31 months

Bet Miller is happy

Woodman•31 months

He was able to get Murray State into the Top 25. That’s quite an accomplishment on it’s own. A 30+ win season is very difficult to accomplish keeping all of the team sufficiently focused; that’s good coaching.

TouchdownTony•31 months

One of the things I heard Shaka talk about once was he thought it actually easier as G5 coach because the players don't leave early for the draft. Thats why you see these G5 type schools making runs in the NCAA. They have a starting lineup of juniors and seniors.

Domeskeller•31 months

They just don’t get paid as much at G5, which is why they leave.

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