Matt Reynolds (baseball coach) explained

Matt Reynolds
Current Title:Head coach
Current Team:Massachusetts
Current Conference:Atlantic 10
Birth Date:[1]
Birth Place:South Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Player Years1:2001–2002
Player Team1:Maine
Player Years2:2003–2004
Player Team2:Massachusetts
Player Positions:First baseman / Third baseman
Coach Years1:2005–2007
Coach Team1:Massachusetts (GA)
Coach Years2:2008–2014
Coach Team2:Navy (asst.)
Coach Years3:2015–2017
Coach Team3:Washington College
Coach Years4:2018–present
Coach Team4:Massachusetts
Tournament Record:A10: 0–2
NCAA: 0–0

Matthew Reynolds is an American college baseball coach and former player. Reynolds is the head coach of the UMass Minutemen baseball team. Reynolds played college baseball at the University of Maine for coach Paul Kostacopoulos before transferring to the University of Massachusetts Amherst to play for coach Mike Stone from 2003 to 2004.

Playing career

Reynolds attended Boston Latin School in Boston, Massachusetts. Reynolds then enrolled at the University of Maine, to play college baseball for the Maine Black Bears baseball team.

As a freshman at the University of Maine in 2001, Reynolds had a .317 batting average, a .360 on-base percentage (OBP) and a .423 SLG.

As a sophomore in 2002, Reynolds batted .287 with a .383 SLG, 1 home run, and 14 RBIs.

In the 2003 season as a junior, Reynolds transferred to the University of Massachusetts Amherst to play for the UMass Minutemen baseball team and hit 12 doubles and 13 RBIs.

Reynolds had his best season as a senior in 2004, leading the team in home runs (7) and was a key contribute with RBIs (39), batting average (.293) and slugging (.461). He was named All-Atlantic 10 Conference baseball tournament Team.[2]

Coaching career

In 2005, Reynolds began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Massachusetts. He spent 3 years with the program.[3] In the summer of 2007, Reynolds agreed to join his former coach, Paul Kostacopoulos as an assistant coach for the Navy Midshipmen baseball program.[4] Reynolds spent 7 season with the Midshipmen until he was hired as the head coach of the Washington College Shoreman baseball program on July 8, 2014.[5] The Shoremen compiled a 59–50–1 record under Reynolds.[6]

On May 26, 2017, Reynolds was hired as the head coach at UMass.[7] The Minutemen finished the 2018 season 15–29.[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: UMass hires alum Matt Reynolds as next baseball coach. Gazettenet.com. 8 July 2018.
  2. Web site: Atlantic 10 Conference Baseball Records . Atlantic 10 Conference . Atlantic10.com . June 21, 2018.
  3. Web site: Reynolds Accepts Head Coaching Position at Alma Mater, Division I UMass . May 26, 2017 . Washington College Athletics . Washingtoncollegesports.com . June 21, 2018.
  4. Web site: Matt Reynolds . CBS Interactive . Navysports.com . June 21, 2018.
  5. Web site: Matt Reynolds Named Head Baseball Coach . July 8, 2014 . Washington College Athletics . Washingtoncollegesports.com . June 21, 2018.
  6. Web site: Reynolds leaves Washington for coaching job at alma mater UMass . June 20, 2017 . My Eastern Shore, Maryland . Myeasternshoremd.com . June 21, 2018.
  7. Web site: UMass hires alum Matt Reynolds as next baseball coach . May 26, 2017 . Matt Vautour . Daily Hampshire Gazette . Gazettenet.com . June 21, 2018.
  8. Web site: Keeping Score: Be Blue to your school . Chip Ainsworth . May 25, 2018 . Newspapers of New England . Recorder.com . June 21, 2018.