Matt Myers enters his third season as Lipscomb's Pitching Coach since joining the staff in the 2021-22 season.
In the 2023 season, Myers helped mentor four All-ASUN pitcher, including ASUN Pitcher of the Year Logan Van Treeck who was drafted in the 9th round of the 2023 MLB Draft.
"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 head coach Jeff 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 came to Lipscomb with a wealth of experience, coaching at all levels and has coached 19 hurlers that have been drafted in the MLB Draft. That number grew following Myers' first season with the Bisons when righty pitcher Ike Buxton was called up by the Miami Marlins in the 15th round of the 2022 draft.
Myers joined 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 31st 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 32nd 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 16th 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 (19th round) and Justin Crump (30th 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.
