Matt Myers (baseball)

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|position=Pitching coach

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1974|11|15}}

|birth_place = Carmichael, California, U.S.

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As player:

Sacramento State (1994)
Sacramento City (1995)
Tennessee (1996–1997)

As coach:

Greensboro Grasshoppers (2024–present) (Pitching)

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{{Infobox college coach

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| coach_years1 = 1999

| coach_team1 = Tennessee (Asst.)

| coach_years2 = 2000

| coach_team2 = UNC Asheville (Asst.)

| coach_years3 = 2001–2004

| coach_team3 = UNC Asheville

| coach_years4 = 2005–2007

| coach_team4 = Auburn (Asst.)

| coach_years5 = 2008–2011

| coach_team5 = Western Kentucky (Asst.)

| coach_years6 = 2012–2015

| coach_team6 = Western Kentucky

| coach_years7 = 2018–2021

| coach_team7 = UNC Wilmington (Asst.)

| coach_years8 = 2022–2023

| coach_team8 = Lipscomb (Pitching)

| overall_record = {{winpct|195|246|record=y}}

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Matt Myers (born November 15, 1974) is an American baseball coach and former pitcher who is the current pitching coach for the Greensboro Grasshoppers, the High-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates. He served as the head coach of UNC Asheville Bulldogs (2001–2004) and Western Kentucky (2012–2015).{{cite web|url=http://www.wkusports.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/matt_myers_845737.html|publisher=WKU Hilltoppers|title=Matt Myers bio|accessdate=December 14, 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215012914/http://www.wkusports.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/matt_myers_845737.html|archivedate=December 15, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.baseballamerica.com/college/western-kentucky-hires-matt-myers-as-head-coach/|publisher=Baseball America|title=Western Kentucky Hires Matt Myers As Head Coach|author=Aaron Fitt|date=July 11, 2011|accessdate=December 14, 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215013721/http://www.baseballamerica.com/college/western-kentucky-hires-matt-myers-as-head-coach/|archivedate=December 15, 2013}}{{cite web|url=http://www.auburntigers.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/myers_matt00.html|publisher=Auburn Tigers|title=Matt Myers bio|accessdate=December 14, 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218162034/http://www.auburntigers.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/myers_matt00.html|archivedate=December 18, 2013}}{{cite news|url=http://www.kait8.com/story/15062104/matt-myers-named-new-western-kentucky-baseball-coach|publisher=KAIT 8|title=Matt Myers named new Western Kentucky baseball coach|date=July 11, 2011|accessdate=December 14, 2013|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215014517/http://www.kait8.com/story/15062104/matt-myers-named-new-western-kentucky-baseball-coach|archivedate=December 15, 2013}}{{cite news|last1=Lara-Cinisomo |first1=Vince |title=Pawlowski Lands at Western Kentucky |url=http://www.baseballamerica.com/college/pawlowski-lands-western-kentucky/ |accessdate=June 5, 2015 |work=BaseballAmerica.com |date=June 4, 2015 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303205206/http://www.baseballamerica.com/college/pawlowski-lands-western-kentucky/ |archivedate=March 3, 2016 |url-status=dead }} He also served as pitching coach at UNC Wilmington,{{cite news|url=https://www.starnewsonline.com/sports/20180711/myers-tabbed-as-new-uncw-pitching-coach|newspaper=Star-News|location=Wilmington, North Carolina|date=July 11, 2018|title=Myers tabbed as new UNCW pitching coach|author=Alex Riley|accessdate=February 12, 2019}} with his most recent collegiate coaching job being the pitching coach at Lipscomb.

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.

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. After a three-season stint as head coach at Bowling Green High School in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Myers was hired as an assistant at UNC Wilmington following the 2018 season. In January 2022, Lipscomb University announced the hiring of Myers as their pitching coach.{{cite web|title=Baseball Welcomes Matt Myers as Pitching Coach|work=LipscombSports.com|date=7 January 2022 |url=https://lipscombsports.com/news/2022/1/7/baseball-welcomes-matt-myers-as-pitching-coach.aspx|accessdate=January 17, 2022}} In January 2024, it was announced that Myers was hired as the pitching coach for the Greensboro Grasshoppers, the High-A affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates.{{cite web|title=Pirates Tab Greensboro Native To Manage The Grasshoppers In 2024|work=MiLB.com|date=January 23, 2024 |url=https://www.milb.com/news/pirates-tab-greensboro-native-to-manage-the-grasshoppers-in-2024|accessdate=September 19, 2024}}

Head coaching record

The following table shows Myers' record as a head coach.{{cite web|title=2011 Big South Baseball Record Book |url=http://www.bigsouthsports.com/pdf8/731221.pdf |work=BigSouthSports.com |accessdate=December 14, 2013 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702053934/http://www.bigsouthsports.com/pdf8/731221.pdf |archivedate=July 2, 2013 |page=14 |url-status=dead }}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead|name=UNC Asheville Bulldogs|conference=Big South Conference|startyear=2001|endyear=2004}}

{{CBB yearly record entry

| championship =

| season = 2001

| name = UNC Asheville

| overall = 15–39

| conference = 8–12

| confstanding = 5th (7)

| postseason = Big South Tournament{{efn|The top six finishers of the Big South's seven teams qualified for the tournament in 2001.}}

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{{CBB yearly record entry

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