Derek Matlock
Head Coach of the Texas-Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros baseball team
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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.
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Texas–Rio Grande Valley |
| Conference | Southland |
| Record | 228–179 |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | October 23, 1967 Logan, Utah, U.S. |
| Alma mater | UT Arlington ('92) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 1994–1995 | Fort Worth (TX) Eastern Hills (asst) |
| 1996–1999 | Fort Worth (TX) Eastern Hills |
| 1999–2004 | Flower Mound (TX) |
| 2005–2006 | TCU (Volunteer asst) |
| 2007–2012 | Texas State (asst) |
| 2013–2017 | West Virginia (asst) |
| 2018–present | Texas–Rio Grande Valley |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 228–179 |
| Tournaments | NCAA: 0–0 |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
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| Awards | |
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Coaching career
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]
Head coaching record
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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| Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros (Western Athletic Conference) (2018–2024) | |||||||||
| 2018 | Texas–Rio Grande Valley | 23–31 | 8–16 | 7th | |||||
| 2019 | Texas–Rio Grande Valley | 34–21 | 19–8 | T-1st | WAC Tournament | ||||
| 2020 | Texas–Rio Grande Valley | 11–7 | 0–0 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | |||||
| 2021 | Texas–Rio Grande Valley | 32–26 | 20–15 | 5th | WAC Tournament | ||||
| 2022 | Texas–Rio Grande Valley | 33–25 | 17–13 | 3rd (Southwest) | |||||
| 2023 | Texas–Rio Grande Valley | 30–26 | 15–14 | 7th | |||||
| 2024 | Texas–Rio Grande Valley | 29–25 | 15–15 | 7th | WAC Tournament | ||||
| Texas–Rio Grande Valley: | 94–81 | ||||||||
| Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros (Southland Conference) (2025–present) | |||||||||
| 2025 | Texas–Rio Grande Valley | 36–18 | 22–8 | T–1st | Southland Tournament | ||||
| Texas–Rio Grande Valley: | 228–179 | 22–8 | |||||||
| Total: | 228–179 | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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