Miami coach Jim Larranaga promotes new assistant coach, Director of Recruiting

Changes to Miami‘s men’s basketball staff were made this week, the team announced on Wednesday.

Joe Gimbel will now serve as an assistant coach and the head video director on Jim Larranaga’s staff. Peter Matthews is the ‘Canes new director of recruiting. Both were members of the 2022-23 Miami basketball team that reached the Final Four.

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Gimbel has served multiple roles for Miami since joining the ‘Canes staff in October of 2021. He has originally hired as the associate director of basketball operations before moving to the head video coordinating position. Hos duties ranged from scouting film, creating scouting reports and managing film exchange.

Before coming to Miami, Gimbel was an assistant at Washington College (DIII). He’s a graduate of Temple, where he was a graduate assistant for two years after receiving his degree in sports & recreation management.

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For Matthews, he’s been a graduate assistant on Miami’s staff for the past two season. He was elevated to a full-time role this summer before being assigned to his new role. His job will include coordinating travel logistics and officiall and unoffical recruiting visits.

Matthews, who graduated from Robert Morris in 2022, plans to complete his Master of Science in education and sports administration at Miami over the summer. He has also worked with Taylor Sports Group and Octagon Sports where he has experience assisting NBA players during on-court workouts.

Miami finished the 2023-24 basketball season short of where they left off the previous season. After Larranaga leg the ‘Canes to an exciting run to the Final Four the previous season, Miami finished this past year with a 15-17 record (6-14, ACC) that included losing the last 10 games of the season. They ultimately missed out on the NCAA Tournament.

The Miami men’s basketball team is less than two months out from their preseason exhibition against St. Leo in Coral Gables before tipping off the season against Fairleigh Dickinson on Nov. 4. They’re a team who also made headlines during the 2023 NCAA Tournament for their part in making history as the second 16-seed in history to knock off a No. 1 seed.

They’ll also participate in the Charleston Classic, ACC/SEC Challenge and Jimmy V Classic before starting conference play around the new year.