Head Coach
Brief info
Matt Garnett is the owner, founder, and lead director of MGBasketball Instruction. Since MGBasketball’s inception in 2007, Garnett has developed his MGBasketball Post and Guard School camps and Fearless Shooter Academy camps that are held across the state of Texas each summer for both girls and boys.
Garnett also serves as the founder and director of Hoops for Him, which is a non-profit organization seeking to train and equip current high school and collegiate student-athletes to become leaders within their teams and on their campuses.
Garnett is currently the Head Girl's Basketball Coach at Grapevine Faith Christian School. He began his coaching career at the high school level before moving into the collegiate ranks. During his time as the head coach at McMurry University, Garnett led McMurry to its first American Southwest Conference Championship and NCAA National Tournament appearance in over ten years. As well, he was named the Conference Coach of the Year. During his tenure at Wayland Baptist University, Garnett orchestrated a turnaround leading the Pioneers back to the NAIA National Tournament in both 2014 and 2015 after inheriting a team that won only nine games prior to his arrival. The 2014-15 season produced a 27-6 record and the school’s first Sooner Athletic Conference Championship in the history of the program. In 2017, while serving as the Associate Head Coach at Texas Wesleyan University, Garnett helped the Rams win the 2017 NAIA National Championship.
Garnett graduated from Wayland Baptist University with a B.A in English and holds a Master’s Degree in Christian Ministry from Wayland Baptist University.
PLAYING EXPERIENCE:
• NAIA All-American
• NAIA Academic All-American
• Wayland Baptist University All-Decade Team
• 4 NAIA National Tournament Appearances
• 3-time All-State - Glen Rose High School
• Led the State of Texas (All Classifications) in FT% and 3pt%
Matt has three daughters:
Faith (TTH 15U S40)
Grace (TTH 2029)
Hope (TTH 2032)