Concordia University Texas Women's Basketball

Wallis enters his fourth season as the head coach of the Concordia University Texas womens basketball program. Wallis, who spent four years in the same position at former ASC foe Schreiner, was introduced as the eighth head coach in program history on May 9, 2013. In his three seasons with the Tornados, Wallis has racked up 34 victories overall, including 22 in league play. After a 9-16 (8-12) season in 2014-15, Wallis turned Concordia around and guided the team to their first season over the .500 mark with him at the helm. Wallis added to the roster of All-ASC selections with Isis Johnson and Jaela Dejean in 15-16. It was Johnson's second appearance on the All-ASC team. Three Concordia Texas players earned all-conference honors in Wallis' first year, including Tyler Compton, who was a second-team pick. Compton ranked third in the league in scoring at 17.6 points per game. Margaret Milling and Domonique Liddell also earned honorable-mention all-league honors. Milling ended her career as the program's all-time leader in steals in the Division III era. The Tornados boasted one of the top scoring defenses in the conference in each of Wallis' seasons. In 2014-15, Concordia limited opposing teams to an average of 65.6 points per game, and the squad ranked second in the league with 12.7 steals per contest. Wallis bettered that 2014-15 mark in 2015-16 by holding foes to just 62.3 points per contest. While at Schreiner, Wallis registered a 22-77 overall record. However, in his last year, he guided the Mountaineers to their best season in school history. The program set a school record for victories, led the ASC in 3-point field goal percentage defense and ranked second in the league in scoring defense. In addition, the program posted a team GPA of 3.12 during the 2012 fall semester. Wallis, who coached eight All-ASC honorees and nine players who made the ASC Spring Academic Honor Roll, was also actively involved in other areas of the Schreiner Athletics Department. He implemented a study hall program for seven athletics teams, hired and managed 40 work study positions and served as a gameday administrator at home athletic events around the basketball season. Prior to Schreiner, Wallis served as an assistant coach with the Texas-Dallas womens basketball program and helped lead the Comets to their two best seasons in school history at the time. The Comets recorded their first winning campaign with a 16-10 record in 2007-08 before registering a school-record 21 victories, which included being ranked as high as 17th nationally, during the 2008-09 season. Before returning to the womens game, Wallis spent four years as the first-ever head coach of the Texas-Tyler mens basketball team. With Wallis on the sidelines, the Patriots finished second in the ASC East Division in only their second year of varsity competition, and also posted the second-highest winning percentage among NCAA Division III provisional members. Wallis, who held assistant coaching positions at Texas Wesleyan and Montana State, competed collegiately at Austin College from 1994-97 when the school was an ASC member. He captained the 1996-97 team that won the ASC championship and earned honorable-mention all-conference laurels after averaging 13.5 points and 9.7 rebounds per game as a senior. Wallis stayed at the school for two more seasons as a graduate assistant womens basketball coach and helped lead the program to back-to-back NCAA Division III Tournament appearances. Wallis earned a bachelors degree in physical education at Austin College in 1997 and a masters in kinesiology from Texas A&M-Commerce a year later. He is a native of Arlington and currently resides in Austin with his wife, Ashley. Matt Wallis Head Women's Basketball Coach / Athletic Facilities Coordinator A veteran of the American Southwest Conference (ASC), Matt Wallis enters his fourth season as the head coach of the Concordia University Texas womens basketball program. Wallis, who spent four years in the same position at former ASC foe Schreiner, was introduced as the eighth head coach in program history on May 9, 2013. In his three seasons with the Tornados, Wallis has racked up 34 victories overall, including 22 in league play. After a 9-16 (8-12) season in 2014-15, Wallis turned Concordia around and guided the team to their first season over the .500 mark with him at the helm. Wallis added to the roster of All-ASC selections with Isis Johnson and Jaela Dejean in 15-16. It was Johnson's second appearance on the All-ASC team. Three Concordia Texas players earned all-conference honors in Wallis' first year, including Tyler Compton, who was a second-team pick. Compton ranked third in the league in scoring at 17.6 points per game. Margaret Milling and Domonique Liddell also earned honorable-mention all-league honors. Milling ended her career as the program's all-time leader in steals in the Division III era. The Tornados boasted one of the top scoring defenses in the conference in each of Wallis' seasons. In 2014-15, Concordia limited opposing teams to an average of 65.6 points per game, and the squad ranked second in the league with 12.7 steals per contest. Wallis bettered that 2014-15 mark in 2015-16 by holding foes to just 62.3 points per contest. While at Schreiner, Wallis registered a 22-77 overall record. However, in his last year, he guided the Mountaineers to their best season in school history. The program set a school record for victories, led the ASC in 3-point field goal percentage defense and ranked second in the league in scoring defense. In addition, the program posted a team GPA of 3.12 during the 2012 fall semester. Wallis, who coached eight All-ASC honorees and nine players who made the ASC Spring Academic Honor Roll, was also actively involved in other areas of the Schreiner Athletics Department. He implemented a study hall program for seven athletics teams, hired and managed 40 work study positions and served as a gameday administrator at home athletic events around the basketball season. Prior to Schreiner, Wallis served as an assistant coach with the Texas-Dallas womens basketball program and helped lead the Comets to their two best seasons in school history at the time. The Comets recorded their first winning campaign with a 16-10 record in 2007-08 before registering a school-record 21 victories, which included being ranked as high as 17th nationally, during the 2008-09 season. Before returning to the womens game, Wallis spent four years as the first-ever head coach of the Texas-Tyler mens basketball team. With Wallis on the sidelines, the Patriots finished second in the ASC East Division in only their second year of varsity competition, and also posted the second-highest winning percentage among NCAA Division III provisional members. Wallis, who held assistant coaching positions at Texas Wesleyan and Montana State, competed collegiately at Austin College from 1994-97 when the school was an ASC member. He captained the 1996-97 team that won the ASC championship and earned honorable-mention all-conference laurels after averaging 13.5 points and 9.7 rebounds per game as a senior. Wallis stayed at the school for two more seasons as a graduate assistant womens basketball coach and helped lead the program to back-to-back NCAA Division III Tournament appearances. Wallis earned a bachelors degree in physical education at Austin College in 1997 and a masters in kinesiology from Texas A&M-Commerce a year later. He is a native of Arlington and currently resides in Austin with his wife, Ashley.