MB Sports Consulting is founded by Matt Banker, a 20+ year veteran of the college athletics industry. Matt’s experience includes serving as senior administrator at a major Division I athletics program (University of Louisville), a Division I athletics conference (Ohio Valley Conference), the NCAA National Office and the NCAA Eligibility Center. Matt is also a former college athlete having walked-on to the University of Missouri before transferring and playing three seasons at the University of St. Thomas.

Matt’s experience in college sports includes a high-level understanding of the recruiting and athletics scholarship process; NCAA eligibility and compliance; the NIL marketplace; the transfer process; athletics department, university, and sport organization strategic planning, operations, administration, and policies.

Matt’s consulting work has helped athletes, parents, coaches, coaches’ associations, sport clubs, universities and athletic departments, athletic conferences, sport governing bodies, and sports businesses stay informed, develop solutions, and achieve success with practical guidance and high-level industry experience and expertise.

In addition to his MB Sports consulting work, Matt serves as Senior Advisor to the CCHA Sports Law Group and teaches the Name-Image-Likeness (NIL) Workshop for Marquette University’s Law School.