Matt Nadelhoffer is entering his first season as an assistant coach with the Elmhurst men's basketball team.
Nadelhoffer is no stranger to the CCIW after staring at Wheaton College and then coaching at Millikin University. Nadelhoffer has 18 years of experience coaching at the collegiate level, including 15 as a head coach. As an assistant, he was part of an NJCAA National Championship at the College of DuPage. He spent nine years as the head men's basketball coach at Eastern University in St. Davids, Pa. He most recently coached the Big Blue of Millikin from 2011-2017.
A 1998 graduate of Wheaton, Nadelhoffer closed out his collegiate playing career with all-conference and All-America honors. He set an NCAA record for assists in an NCAA Tournament game with 20 and holds the Wheaton single-season assist record at 221. As a senior, he ranked among the top-five in the nation in assists and field goal percentage. He was inducted into the Wheaton College Athletic Hall of Fame in 2012.
Nadelhoffer played in the CBA and earned a tryout stint with the Miami Heat in the NBA. In addition to his playing experience in the US, Nadelhoffer also played internationally in Croatia, Portugal, England, Spain, Ireland, Switzerland and Amsterdam.
Nadelhofer and his wife, Rebecca, have three children: Matthew, Natalie and Libby.
