Students rally for Matt Doherty's future with SMU

Posted Apr 10, 2007

While the players play the game on the court, it is the coach that gets the players onto the court. And head coach Matt Doherty is already showing that he has the ability to get the players. For someone who roomed with Michael Jordan in college, served as head basketball coach at Notre Dame and North Carolina and is now set to earn about two million dollars from his five-year contract with SMU, Matt Doherty is a pretty normal guy. (SMU Daily Campus)

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