The 2023-24 season was the third for Matt Streich as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator with the Colorado College men’s basketball program, and his 10th overall at the Division III level.
In ‘23-24, the Tigers reached the SCAC Tournament Championship Game for the first time since 2016, and only the third time in program history. Since his arrival, Streich has helped the team improve from a record of 0-8 (covid-shortened season) to 16-12 this past year. The ‘23-24 team finished the year ranked No. 5 in the nation in 3-point field goal defense, as well as 17th in rebound margin.
As recruiting coordinator, Streich help land Baltimore product Dinari Boykin, the 2023 SCAC First-Year Player of the Year and a First-Team All-SCAC selection. Boykin is the first CC player to win the award since 2012 and only the fourth freshman in SCAC history to earn first team honors. In Streich’s three seasons with the Tigers, the program has produced 10 All-Conference selections.
In addition to his time on the court, Streich has served as a member of the college’s Mental Health and Wellness Taskforce, as well as participating in a biweekly Educator Learning Community with coaches and professors on campus.
Prior to coming to CC, Streich spent two seasons at Pomona-Pitzer Colleges in Claremont, CA, where he helped the 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 Tournament.
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. The 2020-21 Sagehen team produced three professional athletes, earning contracts in Israel, England, Switzerland, and Portugal. In addition, Streich recruited to Pomona-Pitzer a First-Team All-SCIAC selection, Ty Bergman.
Complimentary 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 to 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, and DeAnte Bruton, both of whom amassed over 2,000 points in their careers. Echevarria earned second-team All-America honors in 2019 and ranks No. 16 all-time in scoring in NCAA DIII history with 2,519 points. Echevarria also ranks third in NCAA history with 479 career three-point baskets. Bruton earned fourth-team All-America honors in 2020.
Streich also acted as an academic advisor with the Nichols program, and helped the 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 the following year.
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.
In addition to his responsibilities on court at Emmanuel, Streich worked with Student Affairs to help evaluate retention and transfer issues at the college.
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 a 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 (2011-14) of minor league baseball both domestically and overseas, where he earned contracts in Sweden and Australia. 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 the host and producer of ‘Culture of the Game’ podcast, in partnership with CourtSessions Basketball, out of Detroit, Michigan.
Streich’s father, Mark, is a long-time basketball coach who currently serves as the Head Coach at The Rocky Hill School in East Greenwich, RI.
