Temple University Athletics
Men's Basketball
Langel, Matt
Matt Langel
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- mlangel@temple.edu
- Phone:
- 215-204-6268
Matt Langel, one of the rising young coaches in the Atlantic 10 Conference, is in his fifth year as an assistant men's basketball coach with the Owls. A two-year member of Temple head coach Fran Dunphy's Penn staff where he helped guide his alma mater to two consecutive Ivy League Championships, Langel came over to the Temple program with his mentor for the 2006-07 season. A first team all-Ivy League player as a senior at Penn,
Langel, a 2000 graduate of the Wharton School of Business, helped lead the Quakers to two Ivy League titles and NCAA Tournament appearances during his four-year career (1996-2000). The Quakers went 27-1 in Ivy League action in his junior and senior campaigns and sported a 42-14 overall record. Langel was named Ivy League and Big Five Player of the Week numerous times and received the Big Five's Most Improved Player Award. He was also named to the Holiday Festival All-Tournament team (1998) and the University of California Golden Bear Holiday Classic All-Tournament Team (1999).
Langel etched his name in the Penn record books in several different categories. He is a member of the 1,000-point club with 1,191 points in a Red and Blue uniform. He stands second all-time in Penn basketball history in three-pointers made in a game with eight, is eighth in three-pointers made in a season with 70, and fourth in career three-pointers made with 201.
Upon graduation, Langel was drafted by Atlantic City of the USBL in 2000 and worked out in the Seattle SuperSonics camp. Following that, he made the trip across the Atlantic Ocean to test the professional ranks in Europe, playing for Chene BC in Switzerland and ALM Evreux Basket in France Pro A.
The Moorestown, N.J. native participated in the Philadelphia 76ers summer camp in 2001, but returned to Europe to play for the MBC and Hagan in German Bundesliga I. His last professional stop before returning to Penn as an assistant coach was playing for the Eiffel Towers in Holland.
A member of the Friars Senior Society and the University Student-Athlete Advisory Committee while at Penn, Langel, 32, and his wife, Tara, reside in Philadelphia. With their three-year-old daughter, Logan Anne, and one-year-old son, Lucas..
Langel, a 2000 graduate of the Wharton School of Business, helped lead the Quakers to two Ivy League titles and NCAA Tournament appearances during his four-year career (1996-2000). The Quakers went 27-1 in Ivy League action in his junior and senior campaigns and sported a 42-14 overall record. Langel was named Ivy League and Big Five Player of the Week numerous times and received the Big Five's Most Improved Player Award. He was also named to the Holiday Festival All-Tournament team (1998) and the University of California Golden Bear Holiday Classic All-Tournament Team (1999).
Langel etched his name in the Penn record books in several different categories. He is a member of the 1,000-point club with 1,191 points in a Red and Blue uniform. He stands second all-time in Penn basketball history in three-pointers made in a game with eight, is eighth in three-pointers made in a season with 70, and fourth in career three-pointers made with 201.
Upon graduation, Langel was drafted by Atlantic City of the USBL in 2000 and worked out in the Seattle SuperSonics camp. Following that, he made the trip across the Atlantic Ocean to test the professional ranks in Europe, playing for Chene BC in Switzerland and ALM Evreux Basket in France Pro A.
The Moorestown, N.J. native participated in the Philadelphia 76ers summer camp in 2001, but returned to Europe to play for the MBC and Hagan in German Bundesliga I. His last professional stop before returning to Penn as an assistant coach was playing for the Eiffel Towers in Holland.
A member of the Friars Senior Society and the University Student-Athlete Advisory Committee while at Penn, Langel, 32, and his wife, Tara, reside in Philadelphia. With their three-year-old daughter, Logan Anne, and one-year-old son, Lucas..
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