Matt Brady was elevated to interim head coach for DePaul men's basketball on Jan. 22, 2024. He first joined the Blue Demons as Special Assistant to the Head Coach in June 2023. A former head coach, Brady comes to Lincoln Park with more than 35 years of coaching experience. 

Brady spent four seasons at Maryland under head coach Mark Turgeon, including three as an assistant where he helped lead the Terps to the 2020 Big Ten Championship title and two NCAA tournament appearances. While at Maryland, he helped develop five All-Big Ten selections and two NBA Draft picks.  

A former MAAC Coach of the Year, Brady has 12 seasons of experience as a head coach which includes five 20-win seasons and eight with 18 or more victories. While at James Madison he racked up 139 wins and two conference championships. Brady led the Dukes to the second round of the 2013 NCAA Tournament, the schools first tournament win in 30 years, and coached 10 All-CAA players. In his time at Marist, Brady led the Red Foxes to the programs only win in postseason history. 

Additional stints in his career came at Rhode Island (1987-89), Wagner (1989-93) and Saint Joseph's (1993-04). Brady was on staff at Saint Joseph's during the 2003-04 season in which they went 27-0 in the regular season and earned a No. 1 seed for the NCAA Tournament.  

A native of Haddon Heights, N.J., Brady appeared in 114 career games at Siena College where he completed his career as the program's all-time assists leader and was inducted into the school's hall of fame in 2003.