Matthew Harrison Stainbrook (born March 5, 1992) is an American basketball player for TAU Castelló of the LEB Oro.
[2] Despite being almost completely ignored out of high school, Stainbrook earned the starting center position as a freshman at Western Michigan.
According to Branch, Musketeers coach Chris Mack "wondered how the center—with his crazy hair, pads on his knees and elbows, and goggles on his face—had gone unnoticed in recruiting.
[3] Mack had some conditions before accepting him—he would have to cut his hair, stop wearing knee and elbow pads and lose 50 pounds (23 kg).
[8] On June 18, 2019, Stainbrook signed with Iberojet Palma of the LEB Oro after achieving two consecutive promotions to the Liga Endesa, being a fundamental piece in both teams.
[2] During his senior season in 2014–15, Stainbrook not only made news for his on-court play, but also for his part-time job as a driver for Uber.
[2][12] His journey to that job began the previous season when Tim walked on to the Xavier basketball team at Matt's suggestion.
[13] Matt completed a bachelor's degree in finance in May 2014 but still had a year of athletic eligibility remaining, and enrolled in the school's MBA program.