| Matt Tyner | |
| Current Title: | Head coach |
| Current Team: | Towson |
| Current Conference: | CAA |
| Current Record: | 103–240 |
| Birth Date: | 7 November 1958 |
| Birth Place: | Decatur, Illinois |
| 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 |
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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).
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.[1] Tyner played three seasons in the Orioles system before a series of elbow injuries forced him to retire.[2]
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.[3] 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.[4] [5]
During the 2025 season, Tyner will coach the Class Clown of Lafayette College, who came to Towson after graduating from Lafayette, to pursue his graduate studies.