Matula was an assistant coach at Mason under current coach Greg Richards before becoming a head coach for the boys programs at Sycamore and Talawanda. He returned to Mason in 2005 to take over the girls program.
The Comets have won or shared three Greater Miami Conference titles, seven district titles and two regional crowns during his tenure. In 2016, Mason was the state runner-up.
Matula has been a biology teacher at Mason for 33 years.
“As I was thinking about it I was thinking about how honored that I am to be friends with some of the steep history of coaches here,” Matula told WCPO.com’s Mike Dyer.
“It’s pretty impressive the coaches that we have now that are still active. So I just feel very honored and blessed to be friends with them and to be able to share something like this with them.”
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