Matt Myers
| Sport(s) | Baseball |
|---|---|
| Biographical details | |
| Born | Carmichael, California |
| Playing career | |
| 1994 | Sacramento State |
| 1995 | Sacramento |
| 1996–1997 | Tennessee |
| Position(s) | P |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1999 | Tennessee (Asst.) |
| 2000 | UNC Asheville (Asst.) |
| 2001–2004 | UNC Asheville |
| 2005–2007 | Auburn (Asst.) |
| 2008–2011 | WKU (Asst.) |
| 2012–2015 | WKU |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 195–246 |
| Tournaments |
3-8 (Big South) 1-6 (Sun Belt) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
| Big South Coach of the Year: 2003 | |
Matt Myers is an American college baseball coach, formerly the head coach of UNC Asheville (2001–2004) and Western Kentucky (2012–2015).[1][2][3][4][5]
Playing career
Myers played one season each at Sacramento State and Sacramento City before completing his college career at Tennessee. His 13–4 record gives him one of the top 10 winning percentages in Volunteer history.[1]
Coaching career
After completing his degree in 1998, Myers served as a graduate assistant at Tennessee for the 1999 season. He also completed a master's degree in that year. He then earned a position as a full-time assistant coach at UNC Asheville for the 2000 season, and was elevated to head coach the following year. He helped rebuild a struggling program, leading the Bulldogs to the top half of the Big South Conference as one of the youngest coaches in Division I. He earned Big South Conference Coach of the Year honors in 2003 and a 4th place finish. He then moved to Auburn as an assistant for three seasons. His pitching staff ranked among the program's best in his three years in ERA and also recorded strong results in saves and walks. In June 2007, Myers moved to WKU, and added associate head coach duties two years later. He was named head coach prior to the 2012 season. In four seasons, Myers's teams failed to reach the 30-win mark or finish better than 16-14 in conference play, and he was fired at the end of the 2015 season.[1]
Head coaching record
The following table shows Myers' record as a head coach.[6]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UNC Asheville (Big South) (2001–2004) | |||||||||
| 2001 | UNC Asheville | 15–39 | 8–12 | 5th (7) | Big South Tournament[lower-alpha 1] | ||||
| 2002 | UNC Asheville | 21–30 | 7–14 | 7th (8) | Big South Tournament[lower-alpha 2] | ||||
| 2003 | UNC Asheville | 27–28 | 12–9 | 4th (8) | Big South Tournament[lower-alpha 3] | ||||
| 2004 | UNC Asheville | 26–31 | 13–11 | 5th (9) | Big South Tournament[lower-alpha 4] | ||||
| UNC Asheville: | 89–128 | 40–46 | |||||||
| WKU (Sun Belt) (2012–2014) | |||||||||
| 2012 | WKU | 25–33 | 13–17 | 8th | Sun Belt Tournament[lower-alpha 5] | ||||
| 2013 | WKU | 28–29 | 16–14 | 5th | Sun Belt Tournament | ||||
| 2014 | WKU | 29–28 | 15–15 | 5th | Sun Belt Tournament | ||||
| WKU (C-USA) (2015) | |||||||||
| 2015 | WKU | 24–28 | 10–19 | 11th | |||||
| WKU: | 106–118 | 54–65 | |||||||
| Total: | 195–246 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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- ↑ The top six finishers of the Big South's seven teams qualified for the tournament in 2001.
- ↑ All of the Big South's eight eligible teams qualified for the tournament in 2002.
- ↑ The top six finishers of the Big South's eight eligible teams qualified for the tournament in 2003.
- ↑ The top six finishers of the Big South's nine teams qualified for the tournament in 2004.
- ↑ The top 8 finishers of the Sun Belt's 10 teams qualified for the tournament in 2012
See also
- Career statistics and player information from The Baseball Cube
References
- 1 2 3 "Matt Myers bio". WKU Hilltoppers. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- ↑ Aaron Fitt (July 11, 2011). "Western Kentucky Hires Matt Myers As Head Coach". Baseball America. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- ↑ "Matt Myers bio". Auburn Tigers. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- ↑ "Matt Myers named new Western Kentucky baseball coach". KAIT 8. July 11, 2011. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
- ↑ Lara-Cinisomo, Vince (June 4, 2015). "Pawlowski Lands at Western Kentucky". BaseballAmerica.com. Archived from the original on June 5, 2015. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
- ↑ "2011 Big South Baseball Record Book". BigSouthSports.com. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 18, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2013.