Matthew Ollen Insell (born September 22, 1982) is the current Associate Head Coach of Women's Basketball at Middle Tennessee State University.
[3] September 20, 2022, Matt Insell was promoted to Associate Head Coach at Middle Tennessee State University.
Insell has also participated in the WNIT five times, once with Kentucky, twice with Ole Miss and twice at Middle Tennessee, including advancing to the final four in 2022.
Before his time at Kentucky, Insell was the director of basketball operations at Louisiana Tech under head coach Chris Long.
He landed at Louisiana Tech following an extremely successful career as one of the top AAU coaches in the country, leading the Tennessee Flight—a Nike EYBL travel program.
Insell made a national name for himself when 41 of his former EYBL players went on to play Division I basketball, including three first round WNBA Draft Picks in Victoria Dunlap, Natalie Novosel, and LaSondra Barrett.
He was named the eighth head women's basketball coach in Ole Miss history (3/28/13), following five seasons as an assistant on Matthew Mitchell's staff at Kentucky.
Insell led a young team in 2015–16 with just two seniors and only two returnees that had been in the program for more than two seasons, but the Rebels still produced some exciting moments on the court.?
11 seed Arkansas, the Rebels took care of business with a 63–62 victory, giving Ole Miss a statement win for Insell.
He also led the Rebels to wins over instate rival, Mississippi State, to give the first-year head coach his first SEC victory.