Matt Grahn begins his third season as an assistant coach at Concordia. Grahn joined the basketball staff September of 2007.
Prior to joining Stan Bonewitz at Concordia, Grahn spent 3 of the last 4 seasons at Texas Lutheran University working under Tom Oswald. Known for their tough defense and post play, Grahn helped the Bulldogs to lead the American Southwest Conference in scoring defense in 2004 and 2005, as well as aid in the development of All-American post player, Tommy Stolhandske and 2007 ASC Freshman of the Year, JC Herebia.
The 2005-06 season took Grahn to NCAA Division I McNeese State University as an assistant coach and spent the 2002-03 as an assistant under JT Locklear at Seminole State College in Oklahoma.
From 2000-2002, Grahn worked as an assistant for Ray Giacoletti at Eastern Washington University. Grahn worked with the post players, while completing his undergraduate degree. The 1999-2000 season at Moscow (ID) High School was Grahn’s first experience as a head coach.
From 1994-2000, Grahn served in numerous capacities from video coordinator to director of basketball operations at Washington State University. During his time at WSU, Grahn worked for head coach Kevin Eastman (now with the Boston Celtics). The Cougars advanced the NIT quarterfinals in 1995, while leading the country in field goal percentage. In 1996, Washington State made it the second round of the NIT.
Grahn graduated from Olympic High School in Silverdale, WA where he earned Most Inspirational honors his senior year. Grahn was married in May 2007 to the former Katheryne Hickman.
