Thad Matta
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Thad Matta is an American college basketball coach best known for his successful tenures at Xavier and Ohio State, where he led the Buckeyes to multiple Big Ten titles and two Final Four appearances.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Thad Matta canonical | 3 |
| Thad Michael Matta | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Thad Matta Context triple: [Butler Bulldogs men's basketball, notableCoach, Thad Matta]
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A.
Jay Wright
Jay Wright is a highly successful American college basketball coach best known for leading Villanova University to multiple NCAA championships and earning numerous national coaching honors.
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B.
Gregg Marshall
Gregg Marshall is an American college basketball coach best known for his long, successful tenure at Wichita State University, where he built the Shockers into a national contender.
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C.
Roy Williams
Roy Williams is a Hall of Fame American college basketball coach best known for leading the University of North Carolina men's team to multiple NCAA championships.
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D.
Scott Drew
Scott Drew is an American college basketball coach best known for transforming Baylor University’s program into a national powerhouse and winning the 2021 NCAA championship.
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E.
Tony Gaudio
Tony Gaudio was an Italian-American cinematographer and early Hollywood pioneer known for his innovative camera work and Academy Award–winning contributions to classic films.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Thad Matta Target entity description: Thad Matta is an American college basketball coach best known for his successful tenures at Xavier and Ohio State, where he led the Buckeyes to multiple Big Ten titles and two Final Four appearances.
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A.
Jay Wright
Jay Wright is a highly successful American college basketball coach best known for leading Villanova University to multiple NCAA championships and earning numerous national coaching honors.
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B.
Gregg Marshall
Gregg Marshall is an American college basketball coach best known for his long, successful tenure at Wichita State University, where he built the Shockers into a national contender.
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C.
Roy Williams
Roy Williams is a Hall of Fame American college basketball coach best known for leading the University of North Carolina men's team to multiple NCAA championships.
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D.
Scott Drew
Scott Drew is an American college basketball coach best known for transforming Baylor University’s program into a national powerhouse and winning the 2021 NCAA championship.
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E.
Tony Gaudio
Tony Gaudio was an Italian-American cinematographer and early Hollywood pioneer known for his innovative camera work and Academy Award–winning contributions to classic films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
basketball coach
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college basketball coach ⓘ human ⓘ |
| almaMater | Butler University ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Atlantic 10 Coach of the Year
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Big Ten Coach of the Year ⓘ Naismith College Coach of the Year ⓘ |
| coachedTeam |
Butler Bulldogs men's basketball
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Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball ⓘ Miami RedHawks ⓘ
surface form:
Miami RedHawks men's basketball
Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball ⓘ Western Carolina Catamounts men's basketball ⓘ Xavier Musketeers men's basketball ⓘ |
| conference |
Atlantic 10 Conference
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Big Ten Conference ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1967-07-11 ⓘ |
| endTime |
head coach at Butler Bulldogs men's basketball (second tenure): 2024
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head coach at Butler Bulldogs men's basketball: 2001 ⓘ head coach at Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball: 2017 ⓘ head coach at Xavier Musketeers men's basketball: 2004 ⓘ |
| familyName | Matta ⓘ |
| fullName |
Thad Matta
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Thad Michael Matta
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| genre | men's college basketball coaching ⓘ |
| givenName | Thad ⓘ |
| headCoachOf |
Butler Bulldogs men's basketball
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Butler Bulldogs men's basketball ⓘ
surface form:
Butler Bulldogs men's basketball (second tenure)
Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball ⓘ Xavier Musketeers men's basketball ⓘ |
| knownFor |
leading Ohio State to multiple Big Ten titles
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leading Ohio State to two Final Four appearances ⓘ successful tenure as head coach at Ohio State ⓘ successful tenure as head coach at Xavier ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
led Ohio State to the 2007 NCAA Final Four
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led Ohio State to the 2007 NCAA Tournament championship game ⓘ led Ohio State to the 2012 NCAA Final Four ⓘ won multiple Big Ten Tournament titles with Ohio State ⓘ won multiple Big Ten regular-season titles with Ohio State ⓘ |
| occupation |
basketball coach
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basketball player ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Hoopeston, Illinois, United States ⓘ |
| playedFor | Butler Bulldogs men's basketball ⓘ |
| positionPlayed | guard ⓘ |
| residence |
Ohio
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surface form:
Ohio, United States
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| sport | basketball ⓘ |
| startTime |
head coach at Butler Bulldogs men's basketball (second tenure): 2022
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head coach at Butler Bulldogs men's basketball: 2000 ⓘ head coach at Ohio State Buckeyes men's basketball: 2004 ⓘ head coach at Xavier Musketeers men's basketball: 2001 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Referenced by (4)
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this entity surface form:
Thad Michael Matta