Matthew Reynolds is an American college baseball coach and former player. Reynolds is the head coach of the

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team. Reynolds played college baseball at the University of Maine for coach

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before transferring to the University of Massachusetts Amherst to play for coach Mike Stone from 2003 to 2004.

Playing career

Reynolds attended

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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

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(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

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.

Coaching career

In 2005, Reynolds began his coaching career as a graduate assistant at Massachusetts. He spent 3 years with the program. In the summer of 2007, Reynolds agreed to join his former coach,

as an assistant coach for the Navy Midshipmen baseball program. 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. The Shoremen compiled a 59–50–1 record under Reynolds. On May 26, 2017, Reynolds was hired as the head coach at UMass. The Minutemen finished the 2018 season 15–29.

Head coaching record

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Navy Midshipmen bioMassachusetts Minutemen bio
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Playing career

Coaching career

Head coaching record

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