Amherst College Athletics

Matt Cioce joins the Amherst men’s basketball coaching staff after working at the University of Albany for the past two years.

From spring 2022 to summer 2023, Cioce served as the video coordinator and director of recruiting for the Great Danes.

Before his promotion, Cioce joined the Great Danes at the start of the 2021-22 season as a graduate assistant.

Cioce arrived at UAlbany in 2021 after serving as the head basketball coach and program director at Christ School in Arden, North Carolina from 2019-2021. In his first year, Cioce led the Greenies to a NCISAA Conference Championship. The varsity program recorded a conference player of the year honor, five all-conference selections, and two all-state selections during his tenure as coach.

Cioce played basketball for Stetson University, graduating in 2018 with a degree in sports business and business administration. While at Stetson, he aided the athletics department as a basketball camp assistant – helping camp directors in all facets of day-to-day operations for the team’s summer camps.