| Derek Matlock | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Texas–Rio Grande Valley |
| Current Conference: | Southland |
| Current Record: | 192–161 |
| Birth Date: | 23 October 1967 |
| Birth Place: | Logan, Utah, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | University of Texas at Arlington |
| Coach Years1: | 1994–1995 |
| Coach Team1: | Fort Worth (TX) Eastern Hills (asst) |
| Coach Years2: | 1996–1999 |
| Coach Team2: | Fort Worth (TX) Eastern Hills |
| Coach Years3: | 1999–2004 |
| Coach Team3: | Flower Mound (TX) |
| Coach Years4: | 2005–2006 |
| Coach Team4: | TCU (Volunteer asst) |
| Coach Years5: | 2007–2012 |
| Coach Team5: | Texas State (asst) |
| Coach Years6: | 2013–2017 |
| Coach Team6: | West Virginia (asst) |
| Coach Years7: | 2018–present |
| Coach Team7: | Texas–Rio Grande Valley |
| Overall Record: | 192–161 |
| Tournament Record: | NCAA: 0–0 |
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Derek Matlock (born October 23, 1967) is an American college baseball coach and former pitcher. Matlock is the head coach of the Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros baseball team.
Matlock began his coaching career as an assistant coach at Eastern Hills High School in Fort Worth, Texas. In 1996, Matlock became the head coach of Eastern Hills where he won multiple district championships and Coach-of-the-Year honors. In 1999, Matlock left Eastern Hills to start the Flower Mound High School program from scratch.[1] On July 15, 2004, Matlock joined the TCU Horned Frogs baseball program as a volunteer assistant coach.[2]
After two seasons at TCU, Matlock joined the Texas State program as the team's recruiting coordinator and pitching coach. While at Texas State, Matlock helped develop Paul Goldschmidt into an eighth-round draft pick.
On June 12, 2012, Matlock joined the West Virginia Mountaineers baseball staff as the team's recruiting coordinator and pitching coach.[3]
On June 10, 2017, Matlock was introduced as the head coach of the Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros baseball team.[4] [5]