Matt Insell
Matthew Ollen Insell (born September 22, 1982) is the current Associate Head Coach of Women's Basketball at Middle Tennessee State University. Insell was the head coach of the Ole Miss women's basketball team from 2013 to 2018 before he was let go by Ole Miss following the 2018 season. Prior to his time at Ole Miss, Insell spent 5 years as an Assistant Coach at the University of Kentucky and one year as the Director of Basketball Operations at Louisiana Tech University. On May 7, 2018 Matt Insell was hired to work as assistant coach at Middle Tennessee State University. September 20, 2022, Matt Insell was promoted to Associate Head Coach at Middle Tennessee State University. Insell has been a part of ten teams that have participated in postseason play. Four of his teams at Kentucky advanced to the NCAA Tournament with three reaching the Elite Eight and another falling in the second round. In 2020-2021 Middle Tennessee State advanced to the NCAA tournament. Insell has also participated in the WNIT five times, once with Kentucky, twice with Ole Miss and twice at Middle Tennessee, including advancing to the final four in 2022. Before career Before his time at Kentucky, Insell was the director of basketball operations at Louisiana Tech under head coach Chris Long. He landed at Louisiana Tech following an extremely successful career as one of the top AAU coaches in the country, leading the Tennessee Flight—a Nike Elite travel program. Insell made a national name for himself when 41 of his former AAU players went on to play Division I basketball, including former Wildcats Victoria Dunlap and Crystal Riley. He also coached the Shelbyville Sports Shop 15-Under team to the AAU National Championship title in 2004. Insell earned valuable basketball experience while attending the University of Tennessee from 2001-05. He worked closely with both the men's and women's basketball programs, serving as a student assistant and video coordinator under former men's head coach Buzz Peterson and as an instructor at Pat Summitt's summer basketball camps. The Shelbyville, Tenn., native transferred to Middle Tennessee State during the 2005-06 season. Career Prior to his time leading the Rebels, Insell spent five years as an assistant coach for a very successful Kentucky Wildcat team under head coach Matthew Mitchell. While there, UK recorded four 20-win seasons and four trips to the NCAA Tournament—ending each of the last three seasons he spent in Lexington ranked in the top-25. Insell, who was responsible for the guards while also having recruiting and player development duties, served as the top assistant coach and helped UK ink three top-10 recruiting classes and seven McDonald's All-Americans. During his time at Kentucky, Insell helped develop guard A'dia Mathies, a two-time SEC Player of the Year and All-America candidate, and Bria Goss who was named SEC Freshman of the Year. During his time at Ole Miss, Insell led the program to four top-25 wins and two 17-plus win seasons amidst the intense strength of schedule in the SEC.