College Chapel
Defining Moments
Thursday 9:50 – 10:20am
Whitley Auditorium
September 23rd
Defining Moments: Matthew Matheny – Head Men’s Basketball Coach
Music: Kierstin Coatney ’12, vocalist
Please join us this Thursday in Whitley Auditorium for College Chapel! We will continue to hear from speakers about how events in their lives have helped to define who they now are. We will be challenged to consider how past events – personal & public, positive & negative – have shaped and molded our present realities.
Thursday Chapel is a time and space to take a break from the busyness of the week and refresh the spirit. It is not a “worship service,” rather a time of reflection offered by a member of the Elon community or guest speaker. Music is provided each week by students and faculty from the Music department. Refreshments will be served following Chapel. All are welcome!
Matthew Matheny was introduced as the Phoenix’s 17th head men’s basketball coach in March 2009. Coach Matheny was an assistant for 10 seasons (1993-2003) and the associate head coach for six campaigns (2003-09) for head coach Bob McKillop’s Davidson Wildcats. In his first year with the Phoenix, Matheny led the team to its first road win to start the season since the 1999 campaign, saw a heart pounding near-win at NC State, and helped deliver our first victory over the Davidson Wildcats since their rise to conference domination in the previous decade (our 1st win in the last 15 attempts).
Coach Matheny, who was born in Shelby, N.C. and grew up in Statesville, N.C., was a three-sport standout at North Iredell High School. During his college days, he lettered four years as a wide receiver for Davidson’s football team and two years as a point guard for the Wildcats’ men’s basketball squad before graduating in 1992 with a bachelor of arts degree in history.