Derek Matlock (born October 23, 1967) is an American

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coach and former

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. Matlock is the head coach of the

Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros baseball The Texas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros baseball team, or the UTRGV Vaqueros, is the varsity intercollegiate baseball team of the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, an NCAA Division I institution with several campuses in the Rio Grande Valley o ...

team.

Coaching career

Matlock began his coaching career as an assistant coach at

Eastern Hills High School Eastern Hills High School is a four-year public high school in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. The school is educating students in grades 9–12, as part of the Fort Worth Independent School District. In an historical footnote, the band from ...

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. 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 Flower Mound High School (FMHS) is part of Lewisville Independent School District and is located in Flower Mound, Texas, United States. The school rests on of land that was purchased in 1993. FMHS was the second high school built in Flower Moun ...

program from scratch. On July 15, 2004, Matlock joined the TCU Horned Frogs baseball program as a volunteer assistant coach. 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

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staff as the team's recruiting coordinator and pitching coach. On June 10, 2017, Matlock was introduced as the head coach of the

team.

Head coaching record

References

External links

TCU Horned Frogs bio

Texas State Bobcats bioTexas–Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros bio
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Coaching career

Head coaching record

See also

References

External links