One of America's top basketball coaches, Matt Painter enters his 17th year at Purdue.

He owns a 355-164 record at Purdue. He has led the Boilermakers to 12 NCAA Tournaments, five Sweet 16s, three Big Ten regular-season championships, a Big Ten Tournament title, an Elite Eight, and an international gold medal.

His peers voted him as the NABC National Coach of the Year after leading a team that started with a 6-5 record to the 2019 Elite Eight. 

Purdue's six straight NCAA Tournament appearances are the seventh-longest active streak in America and Purdue is one of just three teams to have a top-five seed in each of the last five NCAA Tournaments. 

Off the court, his program had 68 Academic All-Big Ten honorees in his 16 previous years at Purdue, and every player but one who has exhausted his eligibility at Purdue has graduated. 

 

What You’ll Learn in this Episode:

• The principles that have guided Matt Painter's coaching journey 
• The importance of honesty and integrity in recruiting
• The value of player development and the value of redshirting
• How to balance talent with character and work ethic in players
• How to build and maintain a strong team culture
• The role of communication and accountability within the team
• How to adapt coaching philosophy to evolving game dynamics
• The power of handling adversity and learning from mistakes in a competitive environment

Resources & Links

Matt Painter

• Website: https://www.purdue.edu/ 
• Website: https://purduesports.com/ 
• LinkedIn: Purdue University
• Twitter: @BoilerBall
• Instagram: @boilerball

Ed Molitor

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/themolitorgroup/
• Website: https://www.themolitorgroup.com/