Troy Mattson

Head Coach, Women's Basketball
E-mail: tmattson@nmu.edu
Telephone: 906-227-2643
At NMU Since 2005-06

 

Troy Mattson enters his eighth season as the head women’s basketball coach at Northern Michigan University. Mattson has 85 wins as the head coach of the Wildcats and his teams are 23-13 at the Berry Events Center in the last three seasons.

The ‘Cats finished 13-14 overall last season, including a 9-10 mark in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. NMU’s season ended in the GLIAC Tournament to NCAA Division II Runner-Up Ashland.

The Wildcats had a memorable season in 2009-10. They finished with an overall record of 22-10 and 16-6 in the GLIAC for a second place finish in the North Division. They also qualified for the NCAA Division II tournament and advanced to the semifinals of the Midwest Regional by beating Indianapolis 52-51, before losing to Drury. The ‘Cats also advanced to the GLIAC tournament championship game before losing to Michigan Tech.

From 1994-2005, Mattson was the associate head coach of the NMU men’s basketball team and assistant coach from 1988. He also served as the head NMU women’s tennis coach from 1994-2003, where he was the GLIAC Coach of the Year in 2000 and 2002. His teams made three straight NCAA II tournament appearances 2001-03.Prior to joining the Wildcat staff, he served as the assistant men’s and women’s basketball coach at Lake Superior State University from 1986-88.

He began his coaching career at Munising High School, where he was the boy’s basketball coach for the 1985-86 season.

A Milwaukee, Wis., native who grew up in Ishpeming, Mattson is a 1981 Westwood High School graduate. He earned his bachelor’s degree from NMU in 1986, where he was a four-time letterwinner (1982-85) as a point guard for the Wildcats. He was the 10th player in school history to score 1,000 career points.

Mattson is currently 27th on the career scoring list with 1,018 points. He is third in career assists with 486 and is tied for third in most assists in a single season with 187, along with Doug Ingalls. During his junior and senior years, Mattson helped lead the Wildcats to the NCAA II playoffs. He served as team captain his senior year.