Concordia University-Saint Paul Men's Basketball

Matt Fletcher enters his seventh season as head men's basketball coach in 2026-27 at Concordia-St. Paul after being named to the role in April, 2020. Fletcher brings four successful years of NCAA Tournament level head coaching experience in the state along with multiple years of coaching success in the Northern Sun (NSIC) as an assistant after a decorated career as a player in the NSIC. A native of North Branch, Minnesota, Fletcher is the 10th head coach in the institution's era as a 4-year college basketball program since 1967. Fletcher led the Golden Bears to new heights in his fifth season at the helm in 2024-25, guiding the team to its first ever NSIC regular season championship, NCAA Tournament Appearance, and NCAA Tournament win all in the same season. The Golden Bears won 21 games in the regular season, and went on to defeat Minot State 83-71 in the first round of the NCAA Tournament. He was named NSIC Coach of the Year at the conclusion of the regular season. Fletcher came to Concordia following a successful stint as the head coach at Bethany Lutheran College where he spent four winning seasons compiling a 76-33 overall record and a 52-12 mark in the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) including UMAC regular season and tournament championships in his second season there in 2017-18. The regular season and conference tournament titles earned Fletcher UMAC Coach of the Year honors, guiding the program to its first-ever NCAA Division III Tournament appearance. Prior

Neil Fletcher is in his fourth year as an assistant men's basketball coach for the Golden Bears in 2023-24 after serving his son at Bethany Lutheran for three years.