Matt Segura completed his second season in 2022-23 as the UT Arlington men's basketball program's strength and conditioning coach.
Segura joined the Mavericks after spending the previous six years as the assistant sports performance coach at West Texas A&M, overseeing the strength and conditioning programs for the men’s basketball, softball and men’s and women’s track and field and cross country student-athletes since January of 2015.
During his time with West Texas A&M, Segura’s teams combined to win nearly 30 Lone Star Conference Championships. Additionally, he helped produce three National Championship teams. For his career, Segura has developed 20 individual National Champions in track and field and two Olympians.
Prior to his time in Canyon outside Amarillo, Segura was at the University of Michigan where he was a graduate strength and conditioning coach from June 2012 to August 2014.
Segura graduated with his Master’s degree in exercise physiology from Eastern Michigan University in 2014. Prior to grad school, he was an intern for Michigan from January 2012 to May 2012.
Before Michigan, Segura was the head strength and conditioning coach at Butte Junior College from August 2009 to December 2011. There, he was responsible for program design and implementation for the football team for three seasons, as well as softball for one season.
Segura earned his Bachelor’s degree in exercise physiology with a minor in nutrition from Chico State (California) in 2009.
The Santa Maria, Calif., native, has certifications including SCCC, RSCC, CSCS, CPR/AED, as well as being certified as a weightlifting coach (USAW-1) and a track and field coach (USATF-1).