Matt Spencer is entering his fifth season as an Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at Emory & Henry College. In his first season on staff in 2019-20, he helped guide the Wasps to a berth in the ODAC Tournament. The team finished the season on a three-game home winning streak, defeating No. 13 Virginia Wesleyan University in double overtime, in the process. The Wasps also led the ODAC in free throw percentage (75.3%) and finished second in scoring (75.7 ppg). Senior Colin Molden was named to the All-ODAC Second Team and VaSID All-State Second Team after leading league in scoring.

Prior to Emory & Henry, Spencer was an assistant coach at his alma mater, SUNY Canton. He assisted the Roos to a 20-win season en route to the inaugural American Collegiate Athletic Association Conference Championship and its first Eastern College Athletic Conference playoff win in school history. The ECAC win was the first NCAA-sponsored win in school history, for any sport, and the ACAA conference championship was the first NCAA conference championship in program history as well.  During his time at SUNY Canton, the program posted the two highest GPAs in program history as well as a 100 percent graduation rate. The Roos also saw a record five Specialty Student Award winners, two ACAA All-Academic Team members, led the state of New York for Division III attendance, and also received votes while being named as a team to watch in D-III News Top 25 National Poll for the first time in program history.

Spencer was also a student-athlete and played two seasons for the Kangaroos; in his two years, he started 40 of the 42 games in which he played. He recorded 123 points, 136 rebounds and 51 blocks during that time.  After his playing career, he graduated with a degree in sport management in 2017. 

"Coach Spencer is one of the best player development and relational coaches that I have ever worked with, at any level," commented Head Coach Ben Thompson. "His devotion to our student-athletes, program and me is second to none. Our program will continue to make major strides forwards, because of his impact and because he is with us on this journey."

-8/24/2023