NASHVILLE – Lipscomb Baseball head coach Jeff Forehand and the Lipscomb Baseball staff announced the addition of Matt Myers to the coaching staff on Friday. Myers will serve as the Lipscomb Baseball pitching coach. 
 
"Matt is a great addition to our program. We are fortunate to be able to get him on board, especially in the middle of the year," said Forehand. "First of all, Matt is an awesome person and will immediately add to our culture. Secondly, he will add excitement, passion and experience to our pitching staff. Players love playing for him and he has had success on the field at every place he has been. We are looking forward to see what this spring brings and are glad Matt Myers is a Bison." 
 
Myers comes to Lipscomb with a wealth of experience, coaching at all levels and has coached 18 hurlers that have been drafted in the MLB Draft. 

Myers joins Lipscomb after a three-season stint as the UNCW pitching coach. While with the Seahawks, he helped the program reach its sixth-straight Colonial Athletic Association championship game behind a stellar pitching rotation. His pitching staff finished the 2021 season ranked 31^st nationally with a 3.93 earned run average. He coached Adam Smith and Landen Roupp who ranked second and third, respectively in the CAA with ERA's of 2.49 and 2.58.  UNCW also ranked 32^nd in hits allowed per nine innings. Both Roupp and smith who were selected in the 2021 MLB draft by the Giants and Padres, respectively. 
 
In his first season with the Seahawks, the squad broke the program strikeout record, fanning 558 batters and limiting opponents to a .228 batting average. UNCW ranked 16^th nationally in hits allowed per nine innings (7.69). His pitching staff led UNCW to the CAA Tournament Title and played in the 2021 Chapel Hill Regional. During the 2021 season, Myers coached both Zarion Sharpe (19^th round) and Justin Crump (30^th round) who were selected in the 2020 Major League Baseball draft. 
 
Before his stint at UNCW, Myers spent three-seasons (2016-18) as the head coach at Bowling Green High School, in Bowling Green, Ky. 
 
He previously served as the head coach at Western Kentucky for four seasons and helped the Hilltoppers transition from the Sun Belt Conference to Conference USA. Myers had 18 players drafted while at Western Kentucky, including seven pitchers. The Hilltoppers featured Kes Carter, a two-way player, who was picked by the Tampa Bay Rays in the first round, the highest ever for the Hilltopper program. 
 
Prior to Western Kentucky,  Myers was pitching coach at Auburn for three seasons. While with the Tigers, he helped the program to the NCAA Regional in his first season and led a staff that featured four pitchers selected in the 2005 Major League Baseball draft. He had another hurler selected in 2006 and two more in 2007. 

Myers began his coaching career in 2001 as an assistant coach at UNC Asheville before being elevated to head coach of the Bulldogs. He was named Big South Conference Coach-of-the-Year in 2003, his third season with the program.
 
Myers pitched collegiately for two years at the University of Tennessee for head coach Rod Delmonico in 1996 and 1997. He embarked on his coaching career in 1999 as a graduate assistant for the Vols.
 
Lipscomb Baseball opens the season February 18 at Ken Dugan Field against Akron.