Chris Matlock

Chris Matlock is in his 25th season at South Carolina and his ninth with women’s basketball after spending 16 seasons with the football team.

Prior to joining the Gamecocks in 2000, Matlock was part of the Notre Dame staff for nine seasons. He worked as the assistant equipment manager for the NFL’s Indianapolis Colts for five years. He was the assistant equipment manager at his alma mater, Chattanooga, for one year and worked as a student assistant for the Moccasin program as an undergraduate.

Matlock has been an active certified member of the Athletic Equipment Manager Association for 21 years and is the secretary of the SEC Equipment Managers Association. Since his arrival in Columbia, he has been involved with the Palmetto Chapter of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, serving on the Board of Directors.

While in South Bend, Matlock was a chairperson for the Dream Course Foundation golf outing also raising money for JDRF.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in psychology from Chattanooga in 1986. He is a 2002 graduate of The Sports Management Institute.