Matt Lynch (basketball)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1990 or 1991 (age 33–34)[1] Erie, Pennsylvania |
| Alma mater | Edinboro University Miami University |
| Occupation | Basketball coach |
Matt Lynch is a college basketball coach. In 2023 he created from scratch the University of South Carolina Salkehatchie men's basketball team.
Early life and education
Lynch is from Erie, Pennsylvania.[2] He is the son of Irma and Bill Lynch; his father played basketball in college.[1] He has a brother and a sister.[3] He played basketball in high school at Fort Leboeuf High School in Waterford, Pennsylvania.[3]
He attended
Career
Lynch first worked as an assistant coach at Fort Leboeuf during his freshman year in college.[4][3] He then started working in the basketball program at Edinboro while attending school there.[3]
Lynch worked at Miami, starting as video coordinator and later working as interim assistant coach for the women's basketball team, and then moved to the men's program at Youngstown State as director of basketball operations under Jerry Slocum.[5] He worked as video coordinator, then director of basketball operations and then assistant for University of North Carolina Wilmington under C. B. McGrath until March of 2020; he and the rest of the team staff were let go after three losing seasons.[1][5] He worked as an assistant coach at Chowan University.[2]
In December of 2022 Lynch was hired by Salkehatchie. The team had been disbanded prior to that year's season after having four head coaches leave within an eight-month period; the team had no players signed, no games scheduled, and no budget.
Recognition
In 2021 Lynch was named to Forbes' "30 Under 30" list of sportspeople.[8]
Personal life
As of 2024 Lynch was the only out gay head coach in college men’s basketball.[1]
References
- ^ ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- ^ a b c d Gruber, Stephanie (2023-01-11). "Matt Lynch named USC Salkahatchie men's basketball head coach". The People Sentinel. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- ^ a b c d e "The Lost Lettermen: Coach Matt Lyncn" (Podcast).
- ^ "Matt Lynch". University of South Carolina Salkehatchie. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- ^ a b Lynch, Matthew T. "College basketball coach comes out as gay, because 'I don't want to die with the lie'". OutSports. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- ^ a b c Buzinski, Jim. "Only out men's college basketball head coach will finish with winning record in first season". OutSports. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- ^ Reimer, Alex (2023-11-01). "Gay college basketball coach Matt Lynch is set to make history on Wednesday". Queerty. Retrieved 2024-03-09.
- ^ "Matt Lynch". Forbes. Retrieved 2024-03-09.