Matt Myers

Matt Myers
Sport(s) Baseball
Current position
Title Head coach
Team WKU
Conference Conference USA
Record 82-90
Biographical details
Born Carmichael, California
Playing career
1994
1995
1996–1997		 Sacramento State
Sacramento
Tennessee
Position(s) P
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1999
2000
2001–2004
2005–2007
2008–2011
2012–Present		 Tennessee (Asst.)
UNC Asheville (Asst.)
UNC Asheville
Auburn (Asst.)
WKU (Asst.)
WKU
Head coaching record
Overall 171–218
Accomplishments and honors

Awards

Big South Coach of the Year: 2003

Matt Myers is an American college baseball coach, currently serving as head coach of the WKU Hilltoppers baseball team. He was named to that position prior to the 2012 season.[1][2][3][4]

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 in July 2011.[1]

Head coaching record

The following table shows Myers' record as a head coach.[5]

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–present)
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: 82–90 44–46
Total: 171–218

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

  1. ↑ The top six finishers of the Big South's seven teams qualified for the tournament in 2001.
  2. ↑ All of the Big South's eight eligible teams qualified for the tournament in 2002.
  3. ↑ The top six finishers of the Big South's eight eligible teams qualified for the tournament in 2003.
  4. ↑ The top six finishers of the Big South's nine teams qualified for the tournament in 2004.
  5. ↑ The top 8 finishers of the Sun Belt's 10 teams qualified for the tournament in 2012

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Matt Myers bio". WKU Hilltoppers. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
  2. ↑ Aaron Fitt (July 11, 2011). "Western Kentucky Hires Matt Myers As Head Coach". Baseball America. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
  3. ↑ "Matt Myers bio". Auburn Tigers. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
  4. ↑ "Matt Myers named new Western Kentucky baseball coach". KAIT 8. July 11, 2011. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
  5. ↑ "2011 Big South Baseball Record Book". BigSouthSports.com. p. 14. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 18, 2012. Retrieved December 14, 2013.