matt doherty

Matt Doherty played and coached basketball at the University of North Carolina. He started on the 1982 National Championship team with NBA greats Michael Jordan and James Worthy. The program was led by legendary coach Dean Smith. After one year as the head coach at Notre Dame, Matt took over the UNC program and led them to the 2001 regular season ACC Championship while being named AP National Coach of the Year.

Since his time at UNC, Coach Doherty worked as the head coach at FAU and SMU in addition to working at ESPN, the Indiana Pacers and the Atlantic 10 Conference. He currently runs the Doherty Coaching Practice which includes executive coaching, seminars, and corporate talks. He continues to work in the media with weekly radio shows in Charlotte on WFNZ (sports talk) and WBT (news and current events), and the ACC Network where he is a color analyst for basketball games. Matt is married to Kelly and has two children, Tucker and Hattie. They reside in Mooresville, NC.

Guest: Matt Doherty
Title: Chairman, Leadership Author and Public Speaker
Company: Vistage
Website: https://www.vistage.com/

Matt Doherty played and coached basketball at the University of North Carolina. He started on the 1982 National Championship team coached by the legendary Dean Smith while playing alongside NBA stars Michael Jordan and James Worthy. He went on to a successful career in coaching. First as an assistant coach at Davidson and then at Kansas. In 1999, he was named head coach at the University of Notre Dame which for an Irish Catholic kid from Long Island was an incredible opportunity. One with which he anticipated would last a long time. However, in June 2000, Bill Guthridge, then head coach at UNC decided to retire and Roy Williams was expected to replace him. When Williams turned down the opportunity, UNC turned their attention to Matt Doherty and with the help of Michael Jordan, Dean Smith recruited him to come “home” as the head coach of the UNC Tar Heels.

In 2001, UNC won the ACC Regular Season Championship and Doherty was voted 2001 AP National Coach of the Year. Two short years later, he was forced to resign from his dream job.

What went wrong? Why did this happen? How do you go from reaching the top of the mountain to falling off the cliff? How do you prepare for your next opportunity? You Rebound!

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It’s the middle of March Madness and what better guest to have on the show than someone who has experienced the tournament both as a player and a coach? Matt Doherty is in the house today and it’s an honor to have him! In this episode we discuss his experiences as a player, a coach, and also his book Rebound: From Pain to Passion. 

Doherty was a key member of those UNC teams that included winning the 1982 National Championship on a team featuring Sam Perkins, James Worthy, Michael Jordan, and legendary coach Dean Smith. He was then drafted by the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 6th round of the 1984 NBA Draft. He later continued his basketball journey as a coach that included stops with Notre Dame, FAU, SMU, and his Alma Mater North Carolina Tar Heels. This episode is a special one, especially for all of you current or aspiring coaches out there. You will get a preview of some of the valuable lessons included in his book as well as an idea of the time and effort he put in to writing it.

We are very honored for the opportunity to learn from Coach Doherty today. This is a conversation that we feel will better you as a person, player, coach and a leader. We know you will enjoy this one just as much as we did, and it is just a small sample size of what you will read about in his book so be sure to check it out! You can purchase your own personal copy from his website via PayPal or Venmo at http://www.rebound-book.com/. 

Thank You Matt Doherty!

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Former North Carolina head coach and player Matt Doherty shares how Michael Jordan supported him when he resigned from his UNC job.

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Former North Carolina head coach Matt Doherty reveals how Michael Jordan was among his first friends to offer support when he resigned as UNC's coach.

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Former North Carolina head coach Matt Doherty joins Aaron Berlin and Bruce Bernstein to talk about his new book "Rebound: From Passion to Pain." Doherty shares important leadership lessons he learned after he left UNC and how his old teammate Michael Jordan was one of his first friends to offer support.

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