Matt Tyner

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Matt Tyner
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Towson
Conference CAA
Record124–275
Biographical details
Born (1958-11-07) November 7, 1958 (age 66)
Decatur, Illinois
Playing career
1977–1980 Miami (FL)
1980 Miami Orioles
1981 Hagerstown Suns
1982–1983 Charlotte O's
1983Hagerstown Suns
Position(s) Third baseman / Outfielder
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1993–1997,
2009–2011
Butler (asst.)
2012–2013 Bellarmine
2014–2017 Richmond (asst.)
2018–present Towson
Head coaching record
Overall184–321
TournamentsNCAA DII: 4–2
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • GLVC Championship (2013)
  • GLVC Tournament (2013)

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).

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Playing career

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]

Coaching career

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]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Bellarmine Knights (Great Lakes Valley Conference)(2012–2013)
2012Bellarmine 27–2319–154th (East) Great West Tournament
2013Bellarmine 33–2320–133rd (East)NCAA Regional
Bellarmine:60–4639–28
Towson Tigers (Colonial Athletic Association)(2018–present)
2018 Towson 13–426–188th
2019 Towson 14–397–179th
2020 Towson 7–80–0Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Towson 21–3611–122nd (North) CAA Tournament
2022 Towson 14–394–199th
2023 Towson 19–377–2310th
2024 Towson 15–395–2012th
2025 Towson 21–3511–16T–8th
Towson:124–27551–125
Total:184–321

      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

See also

References

  1. "Hurricanes Baseball: Canes in the MLB Draft". www.hurricanesports.com. University of Miami. June 20, 2013. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  2. "Former Orioles minor league player named Towson baseball coach". www.baltimoresun.com. The Baltimore Sun. June 22, 2017. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  3. John Spugnardi (June 14, 2011). "Bellarmine names Tyner as Head Baseball Coach". www.athletics.bellarmine.edu. Bellarmine University. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  4. "Tyner Accepts Head Coach Position at Towson". www.richmondspiders.com. University of Richmond Athletics. June 22, 2017. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
  5. Callie Caplan (June 23, 2017). "Towson introduces former Orioles minor leaguer Matt Tyner as new baseball coach". www.baltimoresun.com. The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved July 22, 2018.