Matt Streich

Matt Streich enters his second season as an assistant coach with the Colorado College men’s basketball program and brought nine years of experience at the Division III level to the CC program.

Streich spent the last two seasons at Pomona-Pitzer Colleges in Claremont, Calif., where he helped the Division III Sagehens post their best season in program history with a 24-5 record, SCIAC regular-season and tournament championships, and an appearance in the 2020 NCAA Division III Men’s Basketball Championship.

Pomona-Pitzer advanced to the Sweet 16 with a victory over No. 10 Emory University before the remainder of the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

During his tenure with the Sagehens, Streich played a key role in the development of three first-team all-SCIAC selections, including Micah Elan, the conference Player of the Year who also earned second-team All-America honors. Elan finished his career as the program’s career leader in points, assists and three-point baskets.

In addition to his role on the basketball staff, Streich served on both the Mental Health and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion committees, and co-founded “Thursday table talks”, a new initiative through the DEI committee to open dialogue within the athletic department.

Prior to his arrival at Pomona-Pitzer, Streich served as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator at Division III Nichols College in Dudley, Mass. During his tenure, the Bison compiled a 53-7 record, won back-to-back Commonwealth Coast Conference titles and earned a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances. In 2018, Nichols capped its most successful season in program history by advancing the the Elite 8 of the NCAA tournament. That season, the Bison were ranked No. 8 nationally, the highest in program history, and finished the season No. 12 in scoring offense.

Streich helped develop eight all-conference players while at Nichols, including Marcos Echevarria, who earned second-team All-America honors in 2019 and ranked No. 16 all-time in scoring in NCAA DIII history with 2,519 points. Echevarria also ranked third in NCAA history with 479 career three-point baskets.

He also acted as an academic advisor, and helped team achieve its highest combined grade-point average in five years.

While at Nichols, Streich earned a master’s degree in organizational leadership. His thesis focused on team roster retention, and he helped the Nichols team increase its retention rate from 72 to 100 percent.

Streich’s resume also includes three seasons as an assistant coach at Emmanuel College, where he recruited three of the top 10 scorers in program history and helped the Saints improve from a six-win team to a Great Northeast Athletic Conference semi-finalist in two of three seasons.

He also spent one season at Xaverian Brothers High School in Westwood, Mass., and one at his alma mater, East Greenwich High School in 2012-13. At the same time, Streich was the head coach of the Rhode Island Hawks and New England Storm U-17 Boys AAU programs from 2011-17.

In 2021, Streich served as the head coach and recruiting advisor for West Coast Elite, the largest grassroots basketball program on the West Coast.

Streich earned a bachelor’s degree in marketing from Ithaca College, where he played baseball for three years and earned first-team all-conference twice and a second-team selection once.

After graduating, Streich played four seasons of minor league baseball both domestically and overseas in Sweden and Australia from 2011-2014. He also spent two seasons as an assistant coach in the minor leagues.

Streich is a member of the Jewish Coaches Association and National Association of Basketball Coaches. He also is an active member of the Rising Coaches Community and is the host and producer of ‘Culture of the Game’ podcast.