Matt Tyner
{{Short description|American baseball coach}}
{{Infobox college coach
| name = Matt Tyner
| image =
| alt =
| caption =
| current_title = Head coach
| current_team = Towson
| current_conference = CAA
| current_record = 103–240
| contract =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|11|7}}
| birth_place = Decatur, Illinois
| death_date =
| death_place =
| player_years1 = 1977–1980
| player_team1 = Miami (FL)
| player_years2 = 1980
| player_team2 = Miami Orioles
| player_years3 = 1981
| player_team3 = Hagerstown Suns
| player_years4 = 1982–1983
| player_team4 = Charlotte O's
| player_years5 = 1983
| player_team5 = Hagerstown Suns
| player_positions = Third baseman / Outfielder
| coach_years1 = 1993–1997,
2009–2011
| coach_team1 = Butler (asst.)
| coach_years2 = 2012–2013
| coach_team2 = Bellarmine
| coach_years3 = 2014–2017
| coach_team3 = Richmond (asst.)
| coach_years4 = 2018–present
| coach_team4 = Towson
| overall_record = 163–286
| tournament_record = NCAA DII: 4–2
| championships =
- GLVC Championship (2013)
- GLVC Tournament (2013)
| awards =
| coaching_records =
}}
Matthew A. Tyner is an American baseball coach and former outfielder and third baseman, who is the current head baseball coach of the Towson Tigers. He played college baseball at the University of Miami for coach Ron Fraser from 1977 to 1980 and played in Minor League Baseball (MiLB) for 4 seasons from 1980 to 1983. He served as the head coach of the Bellarmine Knights (2012–2013).
Playing career
Tyner attended the University of Miami, to play college baseball for the Miami Hurricanes baseball team. Tyner helped the Hurricanes to 3 consecutive berths in the College World Series from 1978 to 1980. He was drafted in the 9th round of the 1980 Major League Baseball draft by the Baltimore Orioles.{{cite web |url=https://hurricanesports.com/news/2013/6/20/208465360.aspx |title=Hurricanes Baseball: Canes in the MLB Draft |date=June 20, 2013 |publisher=University of Miami |work=www.hurricanesports.com |accessdate=July 22, 2018}} Tyner played three seasons in the Orioles system before a series of elbow injuries forced him to retire.{{cite web |url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bal-former-orioles-minor-league-player-named-towson-baseball-coach-20170622-story.html |title=Former Orioles minor league player named Towson baseball coach |date=June 22, 2017 |publisher=The Baltimore Sun |work=www.baltimoresun.com |accessdate=July 22, 2018}}
Coaching career
Tyner became a coach with the Butler Bulldogs baseball program in 1993. Tyner left the program in 1997. After spending a decade with the Indiana Bulls, Tyner returned to Butler as an assistant in 2009.
On June 14, 2011, Tyner was named the head coach of the Bellarmine Knights baseball program.{{cite web |url=https://athletics.bellarmine.edu/news/2011/6/14/BB_0614111635.aspx?path=baseball |title=Bellarmine names Tyner as Head Baseball Coach |author=John Spugnardi |date=June 14, 2011 |publisher=Bellarmine University |work=www.athletics.bellarmine.edu |accessdate=July 22, 2018}} Tyner went 60–46 in two seasons with the Knights. He led the team to a 2013 Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) regular season and tournament championship. The Knights went 4–2 in the Midwest Regional.
In 2014, Tyner was hired as an assistant for the Richmond Spiders baseball program.
On June 22, 2017, Tyner left Richmond to accept the head coaching position of the Towson Tigers baseball program.{{cite web |url=http://richmondspiders.com/news/2017/6/28/baseball-tyner-accepts-head-coach-position-at-towson.aspx |title=Tyner Accepts Head Coach Position at Towson |date=June 22, 2017 |publisher=University of Richmond Athletics |work=www.richmondspiders.com |accessdate=July 22, 2018}}{{cite web |url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/bs-sp-towson-baseball-tyner-20170623-story.html |title=Towson introduces former Orioles minor leaguer Matt Tyner as new baseball coach |author=Callie Caplan |date=June 23, 2017 |publisher=The Baltimore Sun |work=www.baltimoresun.com |accessdate=July 22, 2018}}
Head coaching record
{{CBB yearly record start
| type = coach
| conference =
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Bellarmine Knights
| conference= Great Lakes Valley Conference
| startyear = 2012
| endyear = 2013
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2012
| name = Bellarmine
| overall = 27–23
| conference = 19–15
| confstanding = 4th {{small|(East)}}
| postseason = Great West Tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship = confboth
| season = 2013
| name = Bellarmine
| overall = 33–23
| conference = 20–13
| confstanding = 3rd {{small|(East)}}
| postseason = NCAA Regional
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = Bellarmine
| overall = 60–46
| confrecord = 39–28
}}
{{CBB Yearly Record Subhead
| name = Towson Tigers
| conference= Colonial Athletic Association
| startyear = 2018
| endyear =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2018
| name = Towson
| overall = 13–42
| conference = 6–18
| confstanding = 8th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2019
| name = Towson
| overall = 14–39
| conference = 7–17
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2020
| name = Towson
| overall = 7–8
| conference = 0–0
| confstanding =
| postseason = Season canceled due to COVID-19
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2021
| name = Towson
| overall = 21–36
| conference = 11–12
| confstanding = 2nd {{small|(North)}}
| postseason = CAA Tournament
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2022
| name = Towson
| overall = 14–39
| conference = 4–19
| confstanding = 9th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2023
| name = Towson
| overall = 19–37
| conference = 7–23
| confstanding = 10th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record entry
| championship =
| season = 2024
| name = Towson
| overall = 15–39
| conference = 5–20
| confstanding = 12th
| postseason =
}}
{{CBB yearly record subtotal
| name = Towson
| overall = 103–240
| confrecord = 40–109
}}
{{CBB yearly record end
| overall = 163–286
}}
See also
References
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External links
{{baseballstats|mlb=|espn=|br=|fangraphs=|brm=tyner-001mat}}
- [http://butlersports.cstv.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/tyner_matt00.html Butler Bulldogs bio]
- [http://towsontigers.com/coaches.aspx?rc=580&path=baseball Towson Tigers bio]
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