Education
Maturi graduated from University of Notre Dame in 1967 and started his career as a coach and administrator in high school sports, culminating in his induction to the Wisconsin Basketball Hall of Fame.
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He is currently an assistant to president Eric West. Kaler. Maturi was the athletic director at the University of Denver (1996–1998), Miami University (1998–2002), and the (2002–2012). Maturi is also known as the inspiration for Chris Farley"s Saturday Night Live character, motivational speaker Matt Foley.
Maturi coached Farley at Edgewood High School of the Sacred Heart.
He was hired at Miami as AD in 1998 and held that post until hired by Minnesota on July 12, 2002. At Minnesota, he has been expected to help the Minnesota Golden Gophers recover from the fallout from the Clem Haskins men"s basketball scandal.
Maturi played a crucial role in securing funding for an on campus stadium for the football team after years of wrangling with the state legislature. In 2007, Maturi hired Tubby Smith from the University of Kentucky to be the new men"s basketball coach.
He signed a three-year contract extension through 2009 in late 2006.
On February 2, 2012, Maturi announced that he would be retiring as athletic director on June 30, 2012. Maturi said he would be remaining at the school as an assistant to school president Eric Kaler. On June 18, 2012, Norwood Teague succeeded him as athletics director
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Membership
In March 2013, Maturi accepted a position as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association infractions committee.
