Matt Reynolds (baseball coach)

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Matt Reynolds
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Massachusetts
Conference Atlantic 10
Record107–184–1 (.368)
Biographical details
Born1981or1982(age 42–43) [1]
South Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Playing career
2001–2002 Maine
2003–2004 Massachusetts
Position(s) First baseman / Third baseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2005–2007Massachusetts (GA)
2008–2014 Navy (asst.)
2015–2017 Washington College
2018–presentMassachusetts
Head coaching record
Overall166–270–2 (.381)
TournamentsA10: 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.

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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]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Washington College Shoreman (Centennial Conference)(2015–2017)
2015Washington College 18–159–9T-4th
2016Washington College 26–12–110–85th
2017Washington College 15–236–129th
Washington College:59–50–125–29
Massachusetts Minutemen (Atlantic 10 Conference)(2018–present)
2018 Massachusetts 15–296–1812th
2019 Massachusetts 18–278–1410th
2020 Massachusetts 1–80–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Massachusetts 13–303–166th (North)
2022 Massachusetts 22–26–18–1611th
2023 Massachusetts 14–356–1811th
2024 Massachusetts 24–2913–11T-4th A-10 Tournament
Massachusetts:107–184–1 (.368)44–93 (.321)
Total:166–270–2 (.381)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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