Matt Garnett is the owner, founder, and director of MGBasketball Instruction.  Since MGBasketball’s inception in 2007, Garnett has developed his MGBasketball Guard School and Post School camps that are held across the state of Texas each summer for both girls and boys. After a successful career in collegiate coaching, he is focusing his efforts on Player Instruction and directs Skill Development Academies throughout the year for both girls and boys of all ages.  Moreover, Garnett serves as the director of Small College Connection, a recruiting evaluation service that seeks to identify legitimate college prospects for quality small college basketball programs across the country.  In 2017, Garnett unveiled "The Extra Pass," which is a website devoted to providing quality coaching resources to the basketball community.   

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Garnett 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, 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 NAIA National Championship.

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“Coach Garnett is known for his specific and detailed approach to teaching the game of basketball. He teaches players more than just the skills of the game. He teaches them how to apply those skills into game situations.”

 

- Ron Holmes, Hall of Fame Coach - McMurry University