Former Bobcat men's basketball legend Donte Mathis joined the Texas State coaching staff in August 2021 and is in his fifth season with the program. In his role, Mathis tutors the Texas State guards and oversees the recruiting areas of East Texas, Houston, Louisiana and Arizona.
In his first season on the staff in 2021-22, he helped the Bobcats win 21 games, capture their second straight Sun Belt Conference championship, and reach the NIT for the first time in program history.
Mathis had a decorated four-year career with the Bobcats where he ranks No. 4 all-time with 1,622 points, No. 16 all-time with 567 rebounds, and No. 4 all-time with 161 steals. Mathis led Texas State to a Southland Conference Championship in 1999 and was the Southland Conference Player of the Year the same season.
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Overall, Mathis was a three-time All-Southland Conference selection (1997-99) and made the All-Southland tournament team in 1997 and 1999. Mathis was also inducted into the Athletic Alumni T-Association Hall of Honor in 2020.
Mathis previously served as the head men’s basketball coach at Brentwood Christian School in Austin, Texas last year following a two-year stint as the head coach at Texas Christian School. At Texas Christian School, Mathis led the team to the TCAL 4A State Championship quarterfinals in 2018 and the TCAL 6A State Championship game in 2019.
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Prior to becoming a head coach, Mathis served as a clinician in partnership with two-time NBA Champion Hakeem Olajuwon to develop basketball internationally, volunteered in the grassroots basketball sector where he recruited, developed, and provided outlets for student-athletes to earn collegiate scholarships, and was a player development specialist where her provided offseason skill development for collegiate and professional athletes since 2013.
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