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Matt Shewmake

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Matt Shewmake joined the GCU women's basketball staff in April 2025 and begins his first season as assistant coach for the Lopes.

After beginning his career at the college ranks, Shewmake spent the past two seasons as Montverde Academy's girls basketball head coach in Montverde, Florida, leading the Eagles to a 49-5 record and the 2024 Chipotle National Championship title.

Continuing the success of one of the best high school girls basketball programs in the nation, Shewmake coached four Jersey Mike's Naismith All-Americans in Jaloni Cambridge (2024 Maxpreps National Player of the Year), Saniyah Hall, Aaliyah Crump and Agot Makeer, and coached seven Division I signees ranked in espnW's HoopGurlz top 100.

Prior to Montverde Academy, Shewmake was head coach of The Webb School girls basketball program in Bell Buckle, Tennessee, from 2020-2023, which did not have a winning season before his arrival. He guided Webb to three consecutive state championships in his first three seasons at the helm, and coached eight all-state players, a Tennessee Miss Basketball and a McDonald's All-American while posting a record of 91-11.

Shewmake has five seasons of collegiate coaching experience, with his most recent position being associate head coach at UC Riverside from 2019-20. He coached the Big West's leading scorer in Jannon Otto as the Highlanders finished as the best rebounding team in the Big West.

His first associate head coaching position came at Northwest Florida State College from 2017-19. He helped oversee the biggest one-year turnaround in winning percentage in the entire National Junior College Athletic Association.

Every sophomore during his tenure graduated and moved on to either a D-I or D-II school. His Raiders teams made two NJCAA Elite Eight appearances, won the 2018-19 Panhandle Conference championship and ranked No. 1 in the country in 2018-19. He was instrumental in the first NJCAA signing of a McDonald's All-American, Elijah Booths.

As an assistant coach, Shewmake spent one season at CSU Fullerton in 2016-17, with two seasons at Middle Tennessee State as a director of scout and video in 2014-16 and one season as video coordinator at Virginia Commonwealth in 2013-14.

Shewmake's accolades include three Tennessee state championships, the 2023 Pat Summit Coach of the Year award and a 145-16 record as a head coach with 28.7 wins per season. Shewmake has coached four McDonald's All-Americans, 21 D-I players, 13 all-district players and 10 all-state selections.