Ingelsby To Coach Blue Hens

May 24, 2016 Posted by Matt Pencek Featured Sports, Regional Sports, University Of Delaware

Newark, DE – The last men’s college basketball opening in Division I is now filled. On Tuesday, the University of Delaware announced that Notre Dame Assistant Martin Ingelsby will be the next Blue Hens head coach.

Ingelsby has been an assistant on former Delaware Head Coach Mike Brey’s Fighting Irish staff for the past seven seasons. Ingelsby has a large rebuilding project ahead of him. There are currently only nine scholarship players on the Hens’ roster. Five of those recently asked to be released, allowing them to transfer to another school.

Ingelsby’s bio on the Notre Dame website credits him for “elevating program’s national recruiting efforts.” It is a skill he likely will need. Last year, Delaware delayed making a decision about the future of former coach Monte Ross. Eventually Ross was re-signed but not before the loss of potential high school recruits. With the two month delay in naming Ross’ replacement, Delaware again has lost another recruiting class.

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Matt joined WBOC in October 2015 as a Sports Broadcast Journalist. He is a native of Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania. Matt graduated from Penn State where he received a bachelor’s degree in journalism. He started his broadcast career as the news/sports director of WEMR AM 1460 in his hometown of Tunkhannock. Matt held that same position for WALI/WROG radio in Cumberland, MD. His first television position was as the weekend sports anchor at WHAG-TV in Hagerstown, MD where he eventually became the Sports Director. Matt then moved to Florence, SC to become a sports reporter/anchor for WPDE-TV In 2011 along with his brother David, Matt co-authored The Great Book of Penn State Sports Lists. From 2012 – 2015 he was the lead radio play-by-play voice for The Friday Night High School Football Game of the Week for DE FOX Sports 1290 in Wilmington, DE. The last 2 years at the radio station Matt was the studio host during the University of Delaware Football radio broadcasts. He has also called the action for the both the Blue Hens men’s and women’s basketball teams. Outside of work, Matt is married to his wife Shannon and has two sons; Jack and Connor. E-mail Matt Pencek at mpencek@wboc.com and follow him on Twitter @mattpencek_wboc. Check out all stories by Matt.

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