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 Head Coach:
Matt Croci
Alma Mater:
Wittenberg '94
Record Wittenberg:
111-39 (6 Years)
Overall Record:
177-155 (13 Years)
Email:
crocim@wittenberg.edu
Phone: (937) 327-6469
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Matt Croci, a 1994 Wittenberg alumnus, was named Wittenberg's head men's basketball coach on July 1, 2016, making him the 19th head coach in school history.
He brings 20 years of coaching experience, including 10 as a head coach. Croci holds the distinction of being the only individual in the 37-year history of the North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) to win honors as the NCAC Men's Basketball Player of the Year (1994) and Coach of the Year (2008, 2018). He was inducted into the Wittenberg Athletics Hall of Honor in 2005.
The Toledo, Ohio native earned his bachelor's degree in English from Wittenberg in 1994, and he is currently finishing his master's in sports leadership from Northeastern University.
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 Head Coach: Melissa Kolbe
Alma Mater: Wittenberg '99
Record at Wittenberg:
0-0 (First Year)
Overall Record:
0-0 (First Year)
Email:
kolbem@wittenberg.edu
Phone: N/A
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Wittenberg University announced the appointment of Melissa Kolbe '99 as the 11th Head Women's Basketball Coach in program history. Kolbe has spent the last four seasons as the associate head coach at the University of Cincinnati.
In her time at UC, she helped coach the 2020-21 American Athletic Conference (AAC) Player of the Year IImar'I Thomas, who received all 50 voting points from the league's coaches to be the only conference player to earn unanimous first-team All-AAC honors for the second consecutive season. Thomas also earned national player of the week honors from the Unites States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) after she set the UC women's basketball record and the AAC record for most points in a game when she poured in 51 points to go with 12 rebounds at East Carolina on Feb. 24.
Prior to arriving at UC in April 2018, Kolbe spent three seasons at Western Kentucky University, where she helped lead the Lady Toppers to 78 total wins, two Conference USA Tournament Championships, and back-to-back appearances in the NCAA Tournament.
Other Previous DI coaching stints include time at Mount Saint Mary's (2014-15), Eastern Kentucky (2008-14), and East Carolina University (2002-08).
Kolbe began her intercollegiate coaching journey immediately following her senior year at Wittenberg as she joined the staff at NCAA Division II Valdosta State (GA) for the 99-00 and 00-01 seasons. She then made the jump to the NCAA Division 1 level for the 2001-02 season at Mercer University in Macon, Georgia.
Kolbe, who was named a Wittenberg team captain during her senior season, remains fifth on the program's career field goal percentage list after knocking down 271-of-530 (.511) shot attempts during her four-year playing career in Springfield. She was also voted the team's Most Outstanding Player during the 1998-99 season and capped her senior campaign by receiving a first-team All-North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) nod. During her four-year career, she helped lead the Tigers to three NCAC Championships (96, 98 & 99), two NCAC Tournament Championships (96 & 98) and two appearances in the NCAA Tournament (96 & 98).
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