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With a Sweet 16 appearance, three-consecutive NCAA Tournament berths, a Big Ten championship and an international gold medal on his résumé, Matt Painter heads into his fifth season at Purdue as one of the brightest and most-respected coaches in the college game. In four short years, Painter has taken a program that won only nine games in his initial campaign and returned it to the ranks of the nation's elite, reaching the Sweet 16 for the first time in almost a decade in 2009. The Boilermakers have won 52 games over the course of the last two seasons, the second-best two year total in the school's storied history, while claiming Purdue's first-ever Big Ten Tournament championship in 2009. Painter has proven himself as a master of personnel development during his time at the helm of the Purdue program, mentoring a squad that known just two seasons ago as the "Baby Boilermakers" into one of the nation's most formidable teams. The 2008-09 season was a testament to that development, as Painter guided the Boilers to a 27-10 record and their first-ever Big Ten Tournament title. The team smashed the previous program record with 176 blocked shots on the year, while Purdue's 27 victories were its most since 1997-98 and tied for the fourth-best total in school history. The Boilers were at their best in the postseason, rattling off double-digit victories over both Penn State and Illinois to reach the Big Ten Tournament final, where they dispatched Ohio State, 65-61, to cut down the nets. The Big Ten Tournament, however, was just the first act of Purdue's postseason script in 2009, as the Boilers earned the fifth seed in the West Region and headed out to Portland, Ore., for the NCAA Tournament. After defeating Northern Iowa in its first-round game, Purdue earned a 76-74 triumph over Washington in front of a highly-partisan crowd at the Rose Garden to earn its first Sweet 16 berth since 2000. Purdue was also a constant presence in the national polls during the 2008-09 campaign, rising as high as ninth to mark the Boilermakers' first appearance in the AP top-10 since 1999. Both Painter and his players were widely recognized for their accomplishments in 2008-09. Sophomore JaJuan Johnson became the third-straight Boiler to earn first-team All-Big Ten acclaim, while classmates E'Twaun Moore and Robbie Hummel took home second and third-team honors, respectively. Junior Chris Kramer captured honorable mention all-league honors in addition to his third-straight nod to the Big Ten All-Defensive Team, and freshman Lewis Jackson earned a place on the league's All-Freshman squad. Johnson and Hummel were also named to the USBWA All-District V team, making Purdue the only school with multiple honorees, while the former also earned inclusion on the NABC District 7 first team. As the architect of one of the finest seasons in program history, Painter was named a finalist for the Henry Iba Award, given annually by the USBWA to its coach of the year, for the second-consecutive season. Despite counting four true freshman, two sophomores and a junior college transfer among his top seven scorers in 2007-08, Painter led Purdue to a 25-9 record, a second-place finish in the Big Ten and a second-consecutive trip to the NCAA Tournament. With a 15-3 record in the Big Ten, the Boilermakers finished just one game out of first place and swept league champion Wisconsin to hand the Badgers their only two Big Ten losses of the year. Purdue ranked as high as 14th in the polls in 2007-08, wrapping up the campaign at No. 20 in both the Associated Press and ESPN/USA Today rankings. The Boilers also showed a knack for knocking off some of the nation's top teams that season, posting three victories over squads ranked in the top-11 of the polls. For his efforts, Painter was named Big Ten and NABC District 10 Coach of the Year, becoming just the second Purdue floor leader to earn the first acclaim. He was also a finalist for the Naismith Coach of the Year Award, the Jim Phelan Award and the Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award, and secured a nomination for the Iba Award. Several of Painter's players were also honored following the 2007-08 campaign, as Hummel and Moore were named first and second-team All-Big Ten, respectively, and Kramer took home league Defensive Player of the Year accolades. In his second season at the helm, Painter led Purdue back to the NCAA Tournament, where it defeated Arizona in the first round before dropping a seven-point decision to eventual national champion and top overall seed Florida. Purdue won nine conference games in 2006-07, setting a school record for improvement after capturing just three Big Ten victories the year before. The Boilermakers' 13-game turnaround was also a program record, and ranked as the fourth-best in the nation that season. Boilermaker seniors Carl Landry and David Teague also excelled on the individual level in 2006-07, collecting first and second-team All-Big Ten honors, respectively. In the fall of 2006, Painter signed the Big Ten's top-ranked recruiting class, a haul that was widely regarded as one of the nation's five best by various recruiting publications. Painter's transition into the head coaching job was a planned one, as he was tabbed in April of 2004 to succeed legendary Purdue coach Gene Keady and lead the Boilermakers into the future. Following a one-year stint as the Boilers' associate head coach, Painter officially became Purdue's 18th head coach on April 1, 2005. Painter has also resurrected Mackey Arena as one of the country's best home-court advantages, piling up a 55-9 (.859) record at home in his first four season as the Boilermakers' head coach. The Boilers went 16-1 at Mackey Arena in both 2006-07 and 2007-08, setting a new program record for home wins in a season, while the 2007-08 campaign also included Purdue's first 9-0 home conference record since the 1987-88 season. In July of 2009, Painter extended his reach past the collegiate game and into the international arena, serving as an assistant coach with the United States squad that captured the gold medal at the FIBA U19 World Championship in Auckland, New Zealand. Despite medaling in seven of the last nine U19 Worlds, Team USA hadn't won gold since 1991. Painter spent the 2003-04 season as head coach at Southern Illinois, where he led the Salukis to a 25-5 record and a spot in the NCAA Tournament. SIU was ranked as high as 15th in the AP poll during the campaign, and Painter was rewarded for the team's success with Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year honors. Prior to taking over as head coach at Southern Illinois, Painter served as the Salukis' top assistant for five years under longtime Purdue assistant Bruce Weber, helping quickly reverse the fortunes of a program that suffered three-straight losing seasons before the duo arrived in Carbondale. Painter helped put the Southern Illinois program on the map during the 2001-02 season, mentoring a team that set a school record with 28 wins and earned a spot in the Sweet 16. The Salukis made a return trip to the Big Dance with Painter on the bench in 2003, and were featured in a nationally-televised documentary on MTV. After graduating from Purdue in 1994, Painter made three coaching stops before heading to Southern Illinois. He coached one year each at Washington & Jefferson College (1993-94) and Barton College (1994-95) before breaking into the Division I ranks, spending three years at Eastern Illinois (1995-98). Painter helped guide Washington & Jeff to the Division III Elite Eight and an overall record of 22-3 in his lone year on the bench. He was also heavily involved in recruiting Eastern Illinois stars Kyle Hill and Henry Domercant, who later led EIU to the 2001 NCAA Tournament. The Muncie, Ind., native played guard at Purdue from 1990-93, leading the Boilers to three NCAA Tournament bids and an NIT appearance. Painter also piled up 276 assists during his playing days in West Lafayette, a figure that still ranks 17th on the program's career chart. He served as a team captain during the 1992-93 season, which saw him collect honorable mention All-Big Ten accolades after dishing out 127 assists in 28 games, an average of better than 4.5 per contest. In addition to his bachelor's degree from Purdue, Painter also earned a Master's degree from Eastern Illinois in 1998. He and his wife, Jerri, have three children: Maggie, Brayden and Emma.
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