Thad Matta To Butler

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Thad Matta is back in coaching -- and back at Butler.

The Bulldogs announced Sunday they were hiring Matta as their next head coach.

Matta, who spent the last year as an associate athletic director at Indiana, replaces LaVall Jordan, who was fired Friday after five seasons as Butler's head coach

 

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Huge hire for anyone; Butler will be back competing with Nova.

 

[Mayoman]

Interesting.

 

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Mike Pegues will join Matta's staff at Butler.

 

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Mike Pegues will join Matta's staff at Butler.

That's a much more stable spot than at Georgetown. Good for Pegues, I hope it works out for him.

 

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As long as Matta stays healthy, he can have Butler back to being the best program in the state of Indiana in a short time.