THE FLATS – Georgia Tech men’s basketball head coach Scott Cross announced Friday Matt Fraschilla has joined the staff as an assistant coach. Fraschilla joins the Yellow Jackets after spending the last four years as an assistant coach at Harvard.
“I have known Coach Matt Fraschilla for quite some time now,” Cross said. “I remember watching him play at Highland Park High School where he led the state in assists. On his coaching journey, Matt was part of Coach Jay Wright’s staff at Villanova that won a National Championship! I have watched him recruit in person and I know that he is one of the brightest, up-and-coming coaches in the country. He will instantly make our program better.”
Fraschilla, who was selected to the 2026 Silver Waves Media Rising Stars list, returned to his alma mater in Cambridge ahead of the 2022-23 season and helped Harvard steadily improve the past four seasons. During his tenure at Harvard, Fraschilla helped develop two unanimous Ivy League Rookie of the Year selections (Robert Hinton in 2024-25 and Malik Mack in 2023-24), a pair of unanimous All-Ivy first team selections (Hinton in 2025-26 and Chris Ledlum in 2022-2023), an Allstate NACDA Winter Good Works Team (Evan Nelson) recipient and a NABC All-District and USBWA All-District honoree in Ledlum. Fraschilla was part of the Crimson staff that earned Ivy League Co-Coaching Staff of the Year honors in 2025-26 after leading Harvard to a second-place finish in the league standings.
The Crimson capped the 2025-26 season qualifying for the Ivy League Tournament for the first time since 2020 and finished the season with a 17-12 overall record to go along with a 10-4 Ivy League mark, the best in six years. Fraschilla coordinated a defense that led the Ivy League in scoring defense (66.7 points per game allowed) last season and recorded its highest league finish at No. 2 since the 2019-20 season. The Crimson garnered three postseason selections in Hinton, Chandler Piggé and Thomas Batties II.
In 2024-25, Hinton became the second-straight Ivy League Rookie of the Year recipient as Malik Mack earned the honor the season prior in 2023-24. With Fraschilla on staff, the Crimson recorded three seasons with a record of .500 or better.
Prior to returning to Harvard, Fraschilla served five years at Villanova as a graduate assistant (2017-18, 2018-19) and video coordinator (2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22) under Jay Wright. While at Villanova, the Wildcats went 134-36 (67-22 Big East), won six conference titles (three regular season, three tournament) and made four NCAA Tournament appearances, including a national title in 2018 and a Final Four berth in 2022.
“I’m incredibly grateful to Coach Cross for the opportunity to be a part of the Georgia Tech family,” Fraschilla said. “This program has a rich history of excellence that we hope to continue to add to and I’m confident we have an outstanding staff that will do so. Georgia Tech is one of the best universities in the world and to be able to represent this Institution through basketball is a true honor.”
A native of Dallas, Texas, Fraschilla was a four-year letterwinner at Harvard (2014-17), helping lead the Crimson to a pair of Ivy League titles in 2013-14 and 2014-15, resulting in NCAA Tournament appearances. Over the course of his career, Harvard compiled an 81-39 record and went 40-16 in the Ivy League. Fraschilla graduated from Harvard in 2017 with a bachelor’s degree in government and a citation in Spanish language. He also holds a MBA from the Villanova School of Business (2019).
Full Steam Ahead
Full Steam Ahead is a $500 million fundraising initiative to achieve Georgia Tech athletics’ goal of competing for championships at the highest level in the next era of intercollegiate athletics. The initiative will fund transformative projects for Tech athletics, including renovations of Bobby Dodd Stadium at Hyundai Field (the historic home of Georgia Tech football), the Zelnak Basketball Center (the practice and training facility for Tech basketball) and O’Keefe Gymnasium (the venerable home of Yellow Jackets volleyball), as well as additional projects and initiatives to further advance Georgia Tech athletics through program wide-operational support. All members of the Georgia Tech community are invited to visit atfund.org/FullSteamAhead for full details and renderings of the renovation projects, as well as to learn about opportunities to contribute online.
ABOUT GEORGIA TECH MEN’S BASKETBALL
Scott Cross was named the 16th head coach in Georgia Tech men’s basketball program history on March 20, 2026. Georgia Tech’s men’s basketball has been a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference since 1979, won four ACC Championships (1985, 1990, 1993, 2021), played in the NCAA Tournament 17 times and played in two Final Fours (1990, 2004). Connect with Georgia Tech Men’s Basketball on social media by liking their Facebook Page, or following on X (@GTMBB) and Instagram. For more information on Tech basketball, visit Ramblinwreck.com.
