Garrett College

Matt McCullough is entering his fourth season as the school’s Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Garrett College.

Over 3 seasons, McCullough has lead the Lakers to a 53-36 record. McCullough led the Lakers to a WPCC conference championship with an 80-68 victory over the Community College of Beaver County, helping him be named the WPCC Conference Coach of the Year in 2022. The Lakers also clinched multiple Region XX tournament berths in McCullough’s tenure.

McCullough has guided seven players to All Region XX and All Conference selections, and one NJCAA Division 2 All American (Alex Vargo 2023-2024) in his three seasons with the Lakers. He also has helped players earn scholarship opportunities at the NCAA Division 1, Division 2, Division 3 and NAIA opportunities. In the 2024-2025 season McCullough will have players competing at all levels of 4-year school Men’s Basketball.

McCullough grew up in Garrett County, graduating from Southern Garrett High School in 2016. During his years at Southern Garrett, McCullough was a standout 3-sport athlete in Basketball, Baseball and Golf.

Foregoing collegiate athletics, McCullough decided to focus his attention on committing to coaching basketball. McCullough attended Frostburg State in the fall of 2016 and graduated in 2.5 years in the fall of 2018, while earning a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Science and a Minor in Coaching. In 2022 McCullough earned his Master’s Degree in Business Administration at Frostburg State.

While attending Frostburg State in his undergraduate years, McCullough spent his years assisting at the Boy’s Varsity Basketball level. He assisted Coach Tom Bosley, who has guided the Southern Rams for almost 40 seasons. Coach Bosley is a 400+ win coach, and in the 3 seasons that McCullough was a full time assistant, he helped them to a 64-12 overall record. During his 3 full-seasons from 2017-2020, Southern Garrett reached 3 Regional finals(winning 2), as well as earning back to back Maryland state tournament bids.

In the summer of 2020, McCullough joined the staff at Frostburg State University. In a Covid-19 impacted season, McCullough helped guide a disciplined Men’s Basketball team in which Frostburg was the only team not to have a COVID-19 pause during the shortened regular season. McCullough’s role expanded in his first full-season with the Bobcats, helping lead a young and improving group in the 2nd season of FSU’s tenure in the Mountain East Conference.

Entering his 4th season with the Lakers, McCullough has high goals set for himself and his team entering the 2024-2025 season. However, the ultimate goal for McCullough remains unchanged, and that is to help each of his student athletes make strides on reaching their life goals after Garrett College both on and off the basketball court.