Matt Reid (baseball)

{{Infobox college coach

|name = Matt Reid

|image = Matt Reid (13919159679) (cropped).jpg

|caption = Reid with Army in 2014

|current_title = Assistant coach

|current_team = Florida Gulf Coast

|current_conference = Atlantic Sun

|current_record =

|contract =

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1978|6|19}}

|birth_place = Amherst, Massachusetts, U.S.

|death_date =

|death_place =

|alma_mater =

|player_years1 = 1998–2001

|player_team1 = Richmond

|coach_years1 = 2002

|coach_team1 = VMI (Asst.)

|coach_years2 = 2003

|coach_team2 = Louisburg (Asst.)

|coach_years3 = 2004

|coach_team3 = VCU (Asst.)

|coach_years4 = 2005

|coach_team4 = Old Dominion (Asst.)

|coach_years5 = 2006–2007

|coach_team5 = UNC Asheville (Asst.)

|coach_years6 = 2008–2013

|coach_team6 = Army (Asst.)

|coach_years7 = 2014–2016

|coach_team7 = Army

|coach_years8 = 2018–present

|coach_team8 = Florida Gulf Coast (Asst.)

|overall_record = 70–76

|tournament_record = Patriot: 1–2

}}

Matt Reid (born June 19, 1978) is an American college baseball coach and former player. He currently serves as an assistant coach for the Florida Gulf Coast Eagles baseball team. He has also served as the head coach of the Army Black Knights baseball program. He was named to that position on an interim basis prior to the 2014 season; Army made him its full-time head coach following the season.{{cite web|url=http://www.goarmysports.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/072507aab.html|title=Army Names Matt Reid Assistant Baseball Coach|publisher=Army Black Knights|accessdate=October 31, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213023857/http://www.goarmysports.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/072507aab.html|archivedate=December 13, 2014|url-status=dead}} Reid is the son of American football coach Jim Reid.{{cite web|url=http://ursports.blogs.timesdispatch.com/2014/06/27/ex-ur-infielder-matt-reid-named-coach-army/|title=Ex-UR infielder Matt Reid named coach at Army|work=Richmond Times-Dispatch|date=June 27, 2014|accessdate=August 13, 2014|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140813235530/http://ursports.blogs.timesdispatch.com/2014/06/27/ex-ur-infielder-matt-reid-named-coach-army/|archivedate=August 13, 2014|url-status=dead}}

Reid played college baseball at Richmond, where he lettered all four years, batted .113, and served as team captain in his senior season. He began his coaching career at VMI, then worked with infielders at Louisburg. He then as an assistant coach at VCU, where he completed a master's degree in Sport Leadership. Reid then spent a season with Old Dominion before two seasons at UNC Asheville. Reid joined Army's staff in 2008, and added associate head coach duties in 2011. Head coach Joe Sottolano was removed of duties for suspected misconduct after the 2013 season, and Reid was elevated to head coach. He served as interim head coach for the 2014 season and took over on a full-time basis in 2015.{{cite web|url=http://www.goarmysports.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/reid_matt00.html|publisher=Army Black Knights|title=Matt Reid Bio|accessdate=October 31, 2013|archivedate=November 3, 2013|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103025632/http://www.goarmysports.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/reid_matt00.html|url-status=dead}}{{cite news|url=http://www.timesdispatch.com/sports/college/atlantic-10/ex-spider-reid-named-interim-baseball-coach-at-army/article_8c735dd8-6714-5fc1-a8f4-d7a55e7b8950.html|newspaper=Richmond Times-Dispatch|title=Ex-Spider Reid named interim baseball coach at Army|date=September 26, 2013|accessdate=January 11, 2018}}{{cite web|url=http://www.collegebaseballdaily.com/2013/09/24/army-fires-joe-sottolano-matt-reid-named-interim-coach/|work=College Baseball Daily|title=Army fires Joe Sottolano; Matt Reid named interim coach|date=September 24, 2013|author=Brian Foley|accessdate=January 11, 2018}}