Mount St. Mary's University Men's Basketball

Lind serves as the teams Recruiting Coordinator while overseeing the Mayhem, the Mounts full court pressure defense.  Lind specializes in skill development with the programs guards, while assisting in scouting, academics, and community service. One of the biggest assets that Lind brought with him to Emmitsburg is his background with basketball analytics.  Lind developed and implemented a state of the art program to analyze every possession on both the offensive and defensive side of the ball to help the Mountaineers maximize each players impact. During his first two years at the Mount, Lind coordinated the teams offense.  In 2013-14, the Mountaineer offense led the NEC in scoring offense, free throw percentage, three-pointers made and tempo.  The team was in the top 100 nationally in offensive efficiency, effective field goal percentage, scoring offense, three-pointers attempted, three-pointers made per game, and free throw percentage.  The Mountaineers have finished in the top four in the NEC both of Linds years, while advancing to the 2014 NCAA Tournament.  Off the court, the mens basketball team has won The Mount Cup both years in Linds tenure.  The Mount Cup is awarded to the team who exhibits the most community service, school spirit, success in the classroom and athletic achievement. Prior to the Mount, Lind served as the Video Coordinator at Virginia Commonwealth University where he mentored under then head coach Shaka Smart.  While his major assignment was the daily collection and analysis of all of the programs film and the implementation of advanced analytics, Lind also assisted with post player development, recruiting organization and community service efforts.  At VCU, Lind began his coaching career as a Graduate Manager, where he served as the primary assistant to the Video Coordinator.  During this season, he was a part of VCUs historic run to the 2011 Final Four.  In his three years at VCU, the Rams won 84 games, won a CAA Championship and appeared in three NCAA Tournaments where they won seven games.  Lind also guided the Rams to an Athletic Department Community Service Award for their work in the community during the 2011-2012 school year.  He graduated from VCU with a M.Ed. in Sports Leadership in 2011. Lind, a New Knoxville, Ohio native, graduated with a B.S. in Economics from Loyola (Md.) in 2010 where he served as a Student Manager and Video Coordinator for then Head Coach Jimmy Patsos for three seasons. Lind currently resides in Emmitsburg with his wife, Ciara, and their four year old daughter, Magnolia.

Keith Chesley arrived with Head Men's Basketball Coach Donny Lind as an assistant coach, beginning with the 2024-25 season.  Chesley was a member of staff under Andrew Wilson at the Virginia Military Institute, serving as assistant coach and defensive coordinator. The Keydets played an up-tempo style with a youthful roster, and ranked 37th nationwide for defensive rebounds per game, crashing the glass an average of 27 times per contest. Before his time at VMI, Chesley made spots at Army West Point, James Madison, Georgia Southern, Stetson, and Florida State. He was an assistant for Army, director of basketball operations for JMU, Georgia Southern, and Stetson, and served as a graduate assistant for FSU.   As a player, he scored 2,119 points for the University of Maine-Augusta, becoming the all-time leading scorer for the program. A four-time Academic All-American with the United States Collegiate Athletic Association, he was named to the Yankee Small College Conference All-Decade Team and earned the organization's National Student-Athlete of the Year award in 2015. He met his wife Jamie at the college, where she leads the women's program in points, and earned a spot on the YSCC All-Decade Team along with being an Academic All-American. The couple were inducted together into the Athletics Hall of Fame in 2022. He graduated from Maine-Augusta in 2015 and a master's from Florida State in 2018.

Jeremy Freeman in is his fourth season on the Mount St. Mary's coaching staff. The Director of Operations for the first three, he was promoted to assistant coach ahead of the 2023-24 season. Freeman was part of the Mount's staff that led the team to the 2021 NCAA Tournament. Freeman is entering his second intercollegiate coaching stint. The Baltimore native previously served as the Director of Operations at Holy Cross. He worked for the Crusaders in 2018-19 before serving in his most recent role at Director of Recruiting for the Hoop Group, one of the nation's leader in providing camps and showcases for prospective athletes. Founded in 1963, the Hoop Group boasts over a million alumni.. A 2015 graduate of Cornell with a degree in applied economics and management, Freeman returned home to Charm City for a three-year tenure as head coach for Mother Seton Academy. While in Ithaca, Freeman served as a manager for the Big Red basketball team, which was then led by head coach Bill Courtney.

Matturro returns to the Mount for the 2024-25 season as an assistant coach for Head Coach Donny Lind. The one-time Director of Basketball Operations come back after stints as an assistant at Division II and Division III institutions.  The past two years. Matturro worked for Belmont Abbey for two years, guiding the Crusaders to a winning record in Conference Carolinas play during that time. Last season, the team fired shots beyond-the-arc at a high pace, finishing 70th among the 286 Division II schools for three pointers per game. The Crusaders also played aggressive ball, drawing trips to the line to rank 77th for free throws made per contest. Before his time in North Carolina, Matturro was in Virginia working for Randolph-Macon from 2015-22. The Yellowjackets are a perennial powerhouse in Division III, culminating in a national championship during his ultimate year.   From 2012-14, he worked at the Mount serving as Director of Basketball Operations under Jamion Christian and alongside Coach Lind. Additional stops include Shenandoah, VCU, Siena, and high schools in Maryland and New York. He earned his bachelor's degree at St. John Fisher in 2006, following that up with a Masters' degree at VCU in 2012.