Early Years
Matt Bonner was born in Concord, New Hampshire in 1980. He attended Concord High School, where he played for the Concord Crimson Tide high school basketball team, helping the Crimson Tide win three state championships. Due to the strong support by his father, a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier, and his mother, an elementary school teacher in Concord, Matt graduated at the top of his class in academics.
Matt has two younger siblings, Luke and Becky. Matt's brother, Luke Bonner, attended the University of Massachusetts Amherst and played basketball there. He then played for the Austin Toros of the NBA D-League, and has also played for Klaipėda Neptunas in Lithuania.
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