Matthew Mott
	Hometown: Norwood, N.Y. Position: Head Coach Experience: 3rd year Alma Mater: UCF 2000

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Matthew Mott, who enters his third year as head coach in 2012, was named the second women's soccer head coach in Ole Miss history on May 10, 2010.

During his second season at the helm in 2011, several of Mott's players earned both athletic and academic honors. Three players earned All-SEC honors (Meredith Snow, Dylan Jordan and Alix Hildal) while Hildal was also named to the 2011 NCAA Women's Division I All-South Team.

Academically, Jordan was named a Capital One Third Team Academic All-American by CoSIDA while Jenna Strother 2011-12 Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges for the University of Mississippi. As a team, the Rebels earned the NSCAA Team Academic Award for the 2010-11 academic year for a team GPA above 3.0.

In 2011, Mott's team saw improvement from the 2010 season as the team finished the year winning its final three SEC games of the year including a 2-0 win over Mississippi State for the Magnolia Cup. The Rebels, who ended the year 8-10-1 overall (4-7 SEC), scored 11 more goals in 2011 than 2010.

During his first season with the Rebels, Mott led his program to a 7-9-4 overall record and a 3-5-3 mark in SEC play. During the season, Mott's team knocked off No. 25 Auburn on the road, 2-1, and recorded a 0-0 double overtime tie against No. 18 Georgia.

A pair of his players (Alix Hildal and Mandy McCalla) was named to the All-SEC Second Team and SEC All-Freshman Team, respectively, while Dylan Jordan and Taylor Cunningham (CoSIDA ESPN Academic All-District First Team and SEC Community Service Team) earned honors for their accolades off the field. In addition, three players also garnered player of the week honors from the SEC.

The top assistant coach at the University of Texas from 2006-10, Mott helped the Longhorns to three NCAA Tournament appearances, including back-to-back Sweet Sixteen berths in 2006 and 2007. The 2007 squad rose as high as No. 1 in the national rankings. Working with the goalkeepers and defenders, Mott helped guide UT to a school record for lowest goals against average (0.64 in 2008) and several other defensive records during his tenure.

No stranger to the Southeastern Conference, Mott assisted Karen Hoppa at Auburn from 1999-2005. He was promoted from assistant to assistant head coach to associate head coach during his time on the Plains and helped the Tigers to four straight NCAA Tournaments and four straight SEC West titles from 2001-04. He was named the AFLAC National Assistant Coach of the Year in 2002 when Auburn claimed the SEC overall championship. As Auburn's recruiting coordinator, Mott brought in six nationally ranked signing classes and helped develop several players to All-SEC and All-America honors.

The Norwood, N.Y., native served as an assistant coach at his alma mater, Central Florida, for four years under Hoppa prior to his stint at Auburn. While there, the Golden Knights won three Trans Atlantic Athletic Conference Championships and earned an NCAA Tournament berth in 1998.

Before UCF, Mott was the head women's coach at Division III Hilbert College in Hamburg, N.Y., where he became the winningest coach in school history during his tenure from 1991-94. He was also the goalkeepers coach for the men's team at Hilbert during that time.

Mott obtained a bachelor's degree in general studies and a minor in criminal justice from UCF in 2000 and also earned an Associate of Science degree in 1994 from Erie Community College in Buffalo, N.Y. Before college, Mott spent four years in the U.S. Coast Guard where he played and coached with the Coast Guard's select team in Portsmouth, Va.

Mott holds a National "B" Coaching License from the United States Soccer Federation. In addition to his college coaching positions, he has served as the goalkeepers coach for the USYSA Region III Olympic Development Program team since 2003.

He is married to the former Jennifer Swartz. They have two sons, Dean and Will, and a daughter, Tacie.