Thad Matta, born on July 11, 1967, is an American former basketball coach. However, before his successful coaching career, Matta was a passionate and talented baseball player. Matta grew up in Hoopeston, Illinois, and attended Hoopeston-East Lynn High School, where he excelled in baseball, basketball, and football. He, however, focused primarily on baseball, where he played as a catcher and pitched for his high school team. More about Thad Matta
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After completing high school, Matta attended Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, where he played baseball, basketball, and football. He played for the Salukis baseball team, where he was primarily a catcher but also pitched occasionally. Matta played alongside future Major League Baseball players such as Cris Carpenter and Dan Rohrmeier. Matta's baseball career at Southern Illinois was cut short when he suffered a back injury that prevented him from further playing college baseball.In total, we tracked 108 items since 01/01/2008. The chart below shows the trade volume over time.
The most expensive item with a signature of Thad Matta (Thad Matta Ohio State Buckeyes Basketball Signed Floor) was sold in November 2010 for $149.99 while the cheapest item (SIGNED AUTOGRAPHED OHIO STATE COACH THAD MATTA COLOR PICTURE PHOTO 8X10) found a new owner for $0.99 in July 2014. The month with the most items sold (4) was November 2011 with an average selling price of $23.00 for an autographed item of Thad Matta. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in December 2012 with $135.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was July 2014. In average, an autographed item from Thad Matta is worth $15.50.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Thad Matta were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
Item Title | Price | Store | |
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2011-12 FLEER RETRO BASKETBALL Thad Matta AUTO AUTOGRAPH | $6.50 | ||
Nike Ohio State Basketball - Signed By Thad Matta & Mike Conley | $25.99 | ||
Ohio State Basketball 2012-13 Team Autographed Ball, Aaron Craft, Thad Matta | $30.00 | ||
Thad Matta Autographed Ball - Go Bucks! | $26.00 | ||
Thad Matta Autographed Ball New | $30.00 | ||
Thad Matta Signed 8x10 Photo Ohio State Basketball | $18.00 | ||
THAD MATTA SIGNED AUTO 8X10 PHOTO BASKETBALL OHIO STATE BUCKEYES COA * WOW * 4 | $49.99 | ||
Thad Matta signed autograph 2x3.5 cut Ohio State Basketball Coach PSA Slabbed | $55.00 | ||
Thad Matta signed Ohio State Buckeyes Coaching 8x10 Photo | $28.95 | ||
Thad Matta Signed Trading Card Autographed NCAA Basketball Coach | $9.99 |
Dayton coach Archie Miller on Ohio State vs. Arizona, Sean Miller vs. Thad Matta (03/21/15): Ohio State vs. Arizona will pit Thad Matta against former assistant Sean Miller for the third time. Sean's brother, Dayton coach Archie Miller, weighed in on the game.
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NCAA Tournament 2015: Everything Ohio State coach Thad Matta said previewing No. (03/18/15): Everything Ohio State coach Thad Matta said previewing No. 10 Ohio State's first-round NCAA Tournament matchup with No. 7 Virginia Commonwealth:
Why Ohio State coach Thad Matta's quest to become the Buckeyes' all-time wins le (03/13/15): Matta has had to overcome a disability - which is taxing to him personally, his family and his basketball team - to become the Buckeyes' all-time winningest head coach.
Ohio State basketball: Thad Matta still unsure on Marc Loving's return, 'maybe M (03/08/15): Loving, who missed Ohio State's last two games because of a suspension for an undisclosed off-the-court issue, won't play in Ohio State's home game vs. Penn State on Wednesday evening.
Thad Matta: Michigan State vs. Ohio State worthy of 'classic channel' (02/2015): The Spartans and Buckeyes have played games decided by four points or less in seven of past eight meetings.
What Iowa did that 'stunned' Thad Matta (12/2014): The Hawkeyes overwhelmed the Buckeyes with an early flurry, which fueled a 71-65 win.
Ohio State's Thad Matta says 'D'Angelo wasn't D'Angelo': 5 observations from Buc (11/2014): There's nothing Matta hates more than turnovers, and Ohio State had 18 vs. Marquette. But don't sweat it yet. A lot of those turnovers were because Ohio State stayed really aggressive and relied on a lot of youthful players. It isn't a red flag just yet.
Biggest takeaways from Ohio State's Thad Matta, league coaches at Big Ten basket (10/2014): Bill Landis and Ari Wasserman wrap up our coverage from Big Ten basketball media day.
More Ohio State ALS Ice Bucket Challenges from Thad Matta, Dontre Wilson and Tyv (08/2014): Both the Buckeyes' head football coach and head basketball coach have now taken the Challenge.
His health and the NBA: Ohio State Buckeyes basketball coach Thad Matta gives an (07/2014): After a delay in the series (sorry), we follow up part one on the past of Ohio State's 10-year basketball coach with a look at what might lie ahead for Matta with the Buckeyes.
Top 50 coaches: No. 20 OSU's Thad Matta (06/2014): Ranking the top 50 coaches in college basketball
Ohio State does it again: Buckeyes coach Thad Matta lands Virginia Tech big man (04/2014): Virginia Tech big man Trevor Thompson committed to Ohio State on Sunday, the day after he visited Columbus and took in the Buckeye football team's spring game with Thad Matta
Early Lead: NCAA tournament: Thad Matta and Archie Miller compare ties (03/2014): Yeah, there's a blog about this.
Thad Matta visits Dr. Wasserman's office: Ohio State needs to win the next four, (02/2014): Ohio State coach Thad Matta likes to concentrate on only one game at a time, but its how the No. 24 Buckeyes perform in the next four that will dictate their positioning come March.
Iowa coach Fran McCaffery returns to bench at Ohio State for first time since ej (01/2014): Iowa coach Fran McCaffery, who was ejected from his team's 75-71 loss to Wisconsin last Sunday, returns to the bench vs. Ohio State after serving a one-game suspension for his outburst. Thad Matta discusses McCaffery's situation inside.
Amir Williams Stopped Just Short of Saying Thad Matta Has Been On His D— (12/2013): Not cool, coach.
Talking Ohio State winning streaks, Thad Matta says of Urban Meyer 'he's one of (11/2013): Matta's basketball Buckeyes won 24 games in a row to start the 2010-11 season, so he knows a bit how Meyer is feeling during this 22-game football win streak.