Head Coach

Coach Nadelhoffer enters his eighth season in charge of the Eastern Basketball Program and looks forward to the 2009-2010 campaign returning a number of key contributors. The Eagles are coming off their best season in school history since the move to NCAA Division III. While at Eastern, Coach Nadelhoffer has coached 9 all-conference players and has demonstrated an ability to relate with today’s student athletes.

Through their involvement in the program, his players learn valuable lessons that will benefit them as they play and go forward in their lives. He prides himself on developing relationships with his players that last beyond the four years they wear an Eastern uniform. Coach Nadelhoffer cites the mission of the school and the tremendous potential for growth he saw in the program and the institution as reasons he came to Eastern. “Eastern University is a special place and is a place I believe in-It’s a place that I want to bring a winning basketball tradition as our institution continues to grow.”

Prior to coaching at Eastern, Coach Nadelhoffer was an assistant at the College of Dupage in Glen Ellyn, Illinois. While there, he was responsible for recruiting, scouting, strength programs, and individual workouts for a team that was consistently in the national rankings. During his three years as an assistant at COD, he contributed to a NJCAA National Championship in 2002 in Delhi, NY and a 2001 runner up finish. He helped develop four NJCAA All-Americans and one National Player of the Year in 2002.

Coach Nadelhoffer played basketball at Wheaton College in Illinois. As an All-American guard, he still holds the NCAA record with 20 assists in a NCAA tournament game. As a collegian in the 1996-1997 season, he led Wheaton College to their first CCIW Conference Championship in forty years. He holds the single season assist record, and despite playing only two years at the Chicagoland school, Nadelhoffer is 2nd in career assists. He shot over 60% from the floor in his senior campaign.

After college, he played in the CBA and had a tryout stint with the Miami Heat in the NBA. In addition to his playing experience in the US, Coach Nadelhoffer has played in Croatia, Portugal,England, Spain, Ireland, Switzerland. Coach Nadelhoffer graduated from Wheaton College with a B.A. in Kinesiology and earned his Master’s in Education from Aurora University.

Coach Nadelhoffer is active within the Philadelphia coaching community and works several area camps. Villanova Head Coach Jay Wright says of Nadelhoffer, "Matt is one of the great young coaching talents in the area and continues to stress the fundamentals to his players. His energy and enthusiasm are contagious and it reflects in the way he cares for this players and program.”

He and his wife Rebecca are the proud parents of Matthew, Natalie and Libby. The family resides in Wayne with Noodles, their Wheaton Terrier.

Please use the following information to contact Coach Nadelhoffer:

Matt Nadelhoffer

1300 Eagle Road

St. Davids, PA 19087

Office phone #: (610) 341-1454

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Updated: Monday, 18 December 2006