Mathew Flinn

Nationality: AUS
Date of Birth: 22/01/72
Place of Birth: Wollongong (NSW)
Position: GRD
Height (CM): 191
Weight (KG): 80
Junior Assoc: NSW - Illawarra
College: None

NBL DEBUT: 21/08/92
AGE AT DEBUT: 20
LAST NBL GAME: 14/01/11
AGE AT LAST GAME: 39
NBL History: Illawarra 1992-94 | Townsville 1995 | Wollongong 2011
Championships: 0
None

BIO: Mathew Flinn was born in Wollongong (NSW) and began playing basketball as a junior with the Illawarra basketball program. He went on to represent NSW multiple times as a state representative Player and captained the NSW under 20’s team in 1991.

NBL EXPERIENCE

Mathew Flinn made his NBL debut with the Illawarra Hawks at 20 years of age. He scored three points in his first game.

After two years as a Development Player for the Hawks, Flinn was named on the playing roster in 1992 and made the play-offs every year for the next three years.

As a Hawks player, Flinn set a NBL record for the longest time between NBL games (1995) and made a comeback in 2014.

Mathew Flinn played five seasons across three NBL teams. This included the Illawarra Hawks, Townsville Suns and Wollongong Hawks. He averaged 3 points, 0.5 rebounds, and 0.2 assists in 42 NBL games.

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NBL TOTAL STATISTICS

SEASON	AGE	TEAM	TEAM RECORD	GP	MINS	PTS	REB	AST	OR	DR	STL	TO	PF	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	EFG%	HS
2010-11	39	Wollongong	15-13 (5)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0%	0%	0
1995	23	Townsville	9-17 (10)	10	44.0	11	7	2	4	3	1	6	8	4	11	36%	1	3	33%	2	2	100%	46%	41%	5
1994	22	Illawarra	13-13 (10)	11	92.0	36	6	4	2	4	4	14	9	13	35	37%	2	11	18%	8	12	67%	44%	40%	8
1993	21	Illawarra	15-11 (6)	13	88.0	53	7	4	0	7	6	10	9	18	45	40%	9	20	45%	8	9	89%	54%	50%	14
1992	20	Illawarra	13-11 (5)	7	55.0	26	3	1	0	3	0	5	9	10	22	45%	6	12	50%	0	0	0%	59%	59%	9
Totals				42	281	126	23	11	6	17	11	35	35	45	114	39.5%	18	46	39.1%	18	23	78.3%	51%	47%	14

NBL PER GAME STATISTICS

SEASON	AGE	TEAM	TEAM RECORD	GP	MINS	PTS	REB	AST	OR	DR	STL	TO	PF	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	EFG%	HS
2010-11	39	Wollongong	15-13 (5)	1	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.0	0%	0.0	0.0	0%	0.0	0.0	0%	0%	0%	0
1995	23	Townsville	9-17 (10)	10	4.4	1.1	0.7	0.2	0.4	0.3	0.1	0.6	0.8	0.4	1.1	36%	0.1	0.3	33%	0.2	0.2	100%	46%	41%	5
1994	22	Illawarra	13-13 (10)	11	8.4	3.3	0.5	0.4	0.2	0.4	0.4	1.3	0.8	1.2	3.2	37%	0.2	1.0	18%	0.7	1.1	67%	44%	40%	8
1993	21	Illawarra	15-11 (6)	13	6.8	4.1	0.5	0.3	0.0	0.5	0.5	0.8	0.7	1.4	3.5	40%	0.7	1.5	45%	0.6	0.7	89%	54%	50%	14
1992	20	Illawarra	13-11 (5)	7	7.9	3.7	0.4	0.1	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.7	1.3	1.4	3.1	45%	0.9	1.7	50%	0.0	0.0	0%	59%	59%	9
Total				42	6.7	3.0	0.5	0.3	0.1	0.4	0.3	0.8	0.8	1.1	2.7	39.5%	0.0	0.0	39.1%	0.4	1.1	78.3%	51%	47%	14

CAREER HIGHS

POINTS	REBOUNDS	ASSISTS	STEALS	BLOCKS	TURNOVERS	TRIPLE DOUBLES
14	3	1	2	0	4	0

STATE LEAGUE EXPERIENCE

Cairns 1996 | Illawarra 1998

Season	Team	PTS	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%
1	0	34%	29%	41%	0%
2	0	14	1	2	0
Total						45	114	39.5%	18	46	39.1%

NBA TOTAL STATISTICS

YEAR	AGE	TEAM	POS	GP	GS	MINS	PTS	TRB	AST	ORB	DRB	BLK	TOV	PF	FG	FGA	FG%	3P	3PA	3P%	FT	FTA	FT%	TS%	EFG%
2010-11	39	Wollongong	15-13 (5)	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0%	0%	0
1995	23	Townsville	9-17 (10)	10	44.0	11	7	2	4	3	1	6	8	4	11	36%	1	3	33%	2	2	100%	46%	41%	5
1994	22	Illawarra	13-13 (10)	11	92.0	36	6	4	2	4	4	14	9	13	35	37%	2	11	18%	8	12	67%	44%	40%	8
1993	21	Illawarra	15-11 (6)	13	88.0	53	7	4	0	7	6	10	9	18	45	40%	9	20	45%	8	9	89%	54%	50%	14
1992	20	Illawarra	13-11 (5)	7	55.0	26	3	1	0	3	0	5	9	10	22	45%	6	12	50%	0	0	0%	59%	59%	9
Total				0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0

COACHING HISTORY

Flinn was appointed Head Coach of the Illawarra Hawks, replacing Rob Beveridge, after over 350 consecutive games as an assistant coach, with two grand finals appearances and eight playoff appearances as a coach or player.

Flinn was tasked with being the rookie Head Coach of the Illawarra Hawks in the 2019-20 season, successfully recruiting and mentoring Lamelo Ball, guiding him through his first experience of professional elite basketball and ultimately becoming #3 pick in the NBA draft.

Despite having a two-year contract, the Hawks went into voluntary administration and he was replaced by Brian Goorjian once the team was purchased by new ownershiip.

Flinn was named the inaugural coach of the Darwin Salties during their first year in the NBL1 in 2022.

LIFE AFTER BASKETBALL

Whilst playing and coaching, Flinn studied a Bachelor of Education Degree at Wollongong University in 1997.

At the age of 25, Flinn turned his focus to coaching and became a PE Teacher and Head Basketball Coach at Illawarra Sports High School where he trained future NBL players including Tyson Demos, Dan Jackson and Kane Riley-Hendersen.

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