LUBBOCK, Texas (NEWS RELEASE) - Texas Tech assistant coach Matt Braeuer has accepted the head coaching job at SFA but will remain with the Red Raider basketball program for the remainder of the season. Braeuer, who has been instrumental in helping lead the No. 9 Red Raiders to a 23-7 record this season, is in his second season at Tech after working for five seasons with Grant McCasland at North Texas.

His hiring was officially announced by SFA on Friday afternoon.

“I’m thrilled for Matt, Katie and their family for the opportunity to be a head coach at such a great university,” McCasland said. “Matt has been a vital part of our success in all areas of the program. He’s ready for this and there’s no doubt in my mind that he will win and lead their program the right way. Matt has an elite feel for the game of basketball but what separates him is the genuine relationships he builds to help everyone around him get better through humility and hard work. Matt’s an awesome husband, father and coach. He’s got it all.”

Last season, Braeuer helped to lead the Red Raiders to the 2024 NCAA Tournament and a 23-win season in his first year. Tech finished tied for third in the Big 12 standings and advanced to the semifinals of the 2024 Big 12 Championship. UNT established a new program record by going 31-7 and completed the 2022-23 season by knocking off UAB to secure the NIT title. In his five seasons with UNT, Braeuer helped guide the Mean Green to a 115-47 record along with back-to-back Conference USA championships (2020 and 2021) and the program’s first NCAA Tournament victory with a win over Purdue in the 2021 NCAA Tournament. A Belton, Texas native, Braeuer was a three-year starting point guard at Wichita State from 2004-08. Braeuer came to the Mean Green from the College of Charleston, where he had served for two years and helped lead the Cougars to back-to-back 25-win seasons and Colonial Athletic Association regular-season and tournament titles.

He began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Wichita State and would spend one year at Midland College from 2010-11 where he helped lead the Chaparrals to a 33-4 record and to the NJCAA Division I national championship game. Braeuer would continue his career at the University of Maryland, working under head coach Mark Turgeon as the video coordinator and then at Sam Houston from 2013-16.

He helped lead Sam Houston to the Southland Conference tournament championship game in back-to-back seasons and to seasons that resulted in 24 and 26 victories. As a player at Wichita State, Braeuer ranks in the top 15 all-time in career 3-pointers made (130) and career assists (308) for the Shockers. During his playing time at Wichita, the Shockers advanced to the Sweet Sixteen and earned a top-10 national ranking. Braeuer played under his father Ed Braeuer at Belton High, where as a senior, he was named a Texas Class 5A First Team All-State, First Team All-Region selection and earned District 13-5A Most Valuable Player.