Thad Michael Matta is an American college basketball coach and the current head coach of the Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball team. He was hired as the 13th head coach in Ohio State history on July 7, 2004 after the school had fired previous coach Jim O'Brien. He has posted 20 or more wins per season in all 14 seasons he has been a head coach. Matta has led the Buckeyes to five Big Ten Conference regular season championships, four Big Ten Tournament titles, a runner-up finish in the 2007 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament, the 2008 NIT Championship, and a second Final Four berth in 2012. Matta also tied the record for most wins by a first-year coach at Ohio State. 

July 11th, 1967 in Hoopeston (Age 57)