Eastern Michigan Athletics

Men's Basketball

vs
Georgia State

Nov 3 (Mon)

6:30 p.m.

Matt Cline
Matt Cline
  • Title:
    Director of Men's Basketball Operations
  • Email:
    mcline3@emich.edu
  • Phone:
    734.487.4263
The 2015-16 season marks the second in which Matt Cline will serve as the Director of Operations for the Eastern Michigan University men's basketball program. Cline will coordinate the team's travel, budget and all other operational duties for Head Coach Rob Murphy and his squad.

Cline joins the EMU staff after a quick one-year stint at Northwest Florida State College where he served as an assistant coach. Cline helped the Raiders finish the season 22-6 and reach a ranking of No. 1 overall in the NJCAA. Northwest Florida State sent eight of its student-athletes to the NCAA Division I ranks following the successful season. During his time with the Raiders, he assisted in scouting, game preperations, guard play development, student-athlete academic programs and strength and conditioning.

Prior to his time as a coach with NWFSC, Cline spent two seasons as a graduate assistant at Florida State University. In his first season working with the Seminoles, the Leonard Hamilton coached squad won FSU's first ever Atlantic Coast Conference Tournament Championships, earning a No. 3-seed in the 2012 NCAA Tournament.

Cline earned his graduate assistantship after graduating from the University of South Alabama where he was a one-year letterwinner in basketball. From the 2007-11 seasons, the Binghamton, N.Y. native served as the head manager of the squad before earning a spot on the squad in his senior season.
    
In addition to his time at USA, Cline spent one season at Broome Community College, after being named as an all-metro and all-conference player at  Seton Catholic Central High School in 2006.

On top of his career in collegiate and high school basketball, Cline has interned with a pair of player development organizations. In 2010, Cline worked with the BX Player Development group in New York under Rob Baxter in strength, speed and on court player development. During 2011, he worked under Mike Procopio, currently the Director of Player Development with the Dallas Mavericks, and Tim Grover at Attack Athletics in Chicago, Ill. Cline assisted in on court player development, the strength and conditioning program, and Nike Skills Academies.

He has also worked numerous college basketball summer camps including Cornell, Boston College, Binghamton University, Villanova, South Alabama, and Florida State. In the summer of 2011, Cline was part of Crossover International, a Christian faith-based organization that traveled to Europe to conduct basketball clinics for youth.

Cline graduated from South Alabama in 2011 with a bachelor's degree in physical education before earning a master's in sport management from Florida State.