Matt Legerski enters his second year on the Dixie State women's basketball coaching staff, and his first season as Associate Head Coach during the 2020-21 season.
In his first season at Dixie State, Legerski helped guide the Trailblazers to an 18-12 overall record, marking the program's most wins since the 2011-12 season. Under his guidance, Dixie State also qualified for the 2020 RMAC Tournament, its first conference tournament appearance since the 2013-14 season. Additionally, Legerski helped turn the Trailblazers into a defensive-minded squad, as DSU allowed just 60.1 points per game during the 2019-20 campaign, the second-lowest scoring defense mark of the program’s NCAA era.
Legerski brought 15 years of coaching experience to Dixie State, including 12 years of NCAA Division I experience at the University of Utah, four of which were alongside current DSU head coach JD Gustin. Legerski served as assistant coach for the Utes’ women’s basketball program from 2003-15, along with serving as associate head coach for the 2014-15 season.
At Utah, Legerski oversaw post player position development, and assisted the head coach in the implementation of the offensive and defensive philosophy, coordination of opponent scouting, game preparation, and recruiting. During his time in Salt Lake City, he helped the Utes post a 247-150 record with five NCAA tournament appearances, including a run to the 2006 NCAA Elite Eight. During his tenure at Utah, the Utes also claimed four regular season conference championships, and three conference tournament championships. Additionally, Legerski assisted in the development of five players drafted into the Women’s National Basketball Association.
Prior to his time at Utah, Legerski spent the 2002-03 season as an assistant coach on the Utah Valley men’s basketball staff, where he helped guide the Wolverines to a 26-7 overall record and a NJCAA Region 18 Tournament runner-up finish. He began his coaching career during the 2001-02 season as the freshman boys basketball coach at Rock Springs High School in Rock Springs, Wyoming.
Legerski played two years of college basketball at Western Wyoming from 1996-98, before earning a bachelor’s degree in exercise sport science at Utah in 2001. While in school, he also served as the Utah women’s basketball team manager from 1998-01.
