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Miami-Dade College
Men's Basketball

Matt Eisele
Head Coach

Matt Eisele became the Sharks head men’s basketball coach in 2007, after serving as Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator for Miami Dade. During his first season, 2007-2008, Eisele led the team to a 18-9 record, and Southern Conference Runner-up. This past season, Matt led the Sharks to a 26-3 team record, 11-0 in conference play, Southern Conference Championship, and his first visit to the FCCAA State Championship Tournament. During the season, the Sharks were ranked as high as #1 in the State, and #3 in the Nation.

While at Miami Dade as an assistant, Matt has helped lead the Sharks in the 2006-2007 season with a record of 22-7 and win the Southern Conference Championship. Also, 2005-2006, Eisele assisted the team to become a nationally ranked basketball team, with an overall record of 25-6. He as also recruited every player for the Sharks in the last two recruiting classes for MDC. Previous to his career at MDC, Matt worked as the Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator for Belhaven College. He recruited three all-conference players for Belhaven. Also, Matt, alumni of the University of Pittsburgh, worked as the Basketball Camp Director, as well as a sports reporter covering Pitt sports for Channel 11 News (WPXI). Many of Matt’s other experiences include working basketball camps for the University of North Carolina, University of Miami, and 5-Star Elite Camp. He also hosted a sports radio called, “The Big Mouth from the South.”

Diego Cisneros
Assistant Coach

Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach Diego Cisnersos is in his second year at Miami Dade College. During his 1st season, he helped lead the Sharks to a 18-9 team record, and Southern Conference Runner-Up. With various roles at Miami Dade, one of his main tasks is to instruct weight training sessions. Cisneros, orginally from the “Windy City” of Chicago Illnois, moved to Miami at age 13. He has been very active in the community, coaching basketball at the Kendall Boys & Girls Club for 2 years, as well as the YMCA for 2 years. Diego attended Miami Killian High School, and has played organized basketball for 5 years in various leagues: Midnight All Stars, JCC League, Ruth Owens Kruse Leage, and North Miami Adult League. After graduating from Killian, Diego attended Florida International University where he aquired his Bachleor of Arts Degree in Management Information Systems in 2002. Currently, Cisneros is working on his Masters Degree in Management Information Systems.

Trey Strickland
Assistant Coach

Trey Strickland enters his first season as Assistant Coach under Coach Matt Eisele. He spent the previous two seasons as Graduate Assistant/Manager at Auburn University under Coach Jeff Lebo. In his final year at Auburn he helped the Tigers to their first Post-Season birth since 2003. The Tigers finished the year with a 24-12 record, and a National Invitation Tournament appearance. Prior to be named Graduate Assistant/Manager he spent two years as a student manager, including co-head manager in his second year. He worked as a camp counselor at Auburn as well as other colleges and high schools throughout the Southeast. In his spare time at Auburn, Strickland was involved in Fellowship of Christian Athletes. He also helped to start The Backyard Auburn, a campus wide college student ministry.

Strickland walked-on to the University of South Alabama basketball team as a freshman before being medically disqualified and then transferred to Auburn in 2003. He was a three-year starter at Faith Academy in Mobile, Ala., where he was named first-team all-state and was a Birmingham News Super Senior in 2002. He was highlighted as one of the top 12 players to watch in the State of Alabama. Trey earned Mobile Optimist Club Player of the week in 2002, MVP 2001 and many other All Tournament Player awards during his playing career. He was Captain of his final Faith Academy team. He was a member of 1999 Faith Academy AISA Men’s Basketball State Championship team.

The Mobile, Ala., native earned his B.S. degree in Exercise Science from Auburn University in 2007, and his M.ED. degree in Higher Education Administration and Sports Management in 2009. Born Dec. 22, 1983, he is the son of Fred and Melissa Strickland. His sister, Rebekah, plays volleyball at the University of Memphis.

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