Matt Myers (American football)
Appearance
Biographical details | |
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Born | c. 1988 (age 35–36) Assaria, Kansas, U.S. |
Alma mater | Kansas Wesleyan University (2015) |
Playing career | |
2006 | Kansas Wesleyan |
2013–2015 | Kansas Wesleyan |
Position(s) | Linebacker |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2016 | Kansas Wesleyan (LB) |
2017 | Kansas Wesleyan (DL) |
2018 | Kansas Wesleyan (LB) |
2019 | Kansas Wesleyan (OC) |
2020 | Kansas Wesleyan (DC/S&C) |
2021 | Kansas Wesleyan (assoc. HC/DC/S&C) |
2022–2024 | Kansas Wesleyan |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 18–10 |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
1 KCAC Bissell Division (2023) | |
Awards | |
As player Second Team All-KCAC (2015) As coach AFCA NAIA Assistant Coach of the Year (2021) | |
Matt Myers (born c. 1988) is an American college football coach. He was the head football coach for Kansas Wesleyan University from 2022 to 2024.[1][2][3][4][5] He played college football for Kansas Wesleyan as a linebacker.[2]
In 2021, Myers was named AFCA Assistant Coach of the Year.[6]
Head coaching record
[edit]Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
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Kansas Wesleyan Coyotes (Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference) (2022–2024) | |||||||||
2022 | Kansas Wesleyan | 8–3 | 7–3 | 4th | |||||
2023 | Kansas Wesleyan | 8–3 | 5–1 | T–1st (Bissell) | |||||
2024 | Kansas Wesleyan | 2–4[a] | 0–0 | (Bissell) | |||||
Kansas Wesleyan: | 18–10 | 12–4 | |||||||
Total: | 18–10 | ||||||||
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth |
- ^ Long was fired after six games and was replaced by Chris Snyder and David Leonard for the remainder of the season.
References
[edit]- ^ "Matt Myers Named Head Football Coach". Kansas Wesleyan University. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
- ^ a b Barnett, Zach (December 20, 2021). "From player to head coach in six years' time". Football Scoop. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
- ^ Sherwood, Dylan (December 17, 2021). "Myers Hendrickson resigns as Kansas Wesleyan football coach; Matt Myers named new head coach". Salina Journal. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
- ^ Barnett, Zach (October 9, 2024). "Kansas Wesleyan fires head coach Matt Myers". Football Scoop. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
- ^ "KWU Announces Football Program Leadership Change". Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference. October 9, 2024. Retrieved November 2, 2024.
- ^ "KWU's Myers reflects on selection as AFCA Assistant Coach of Year". Salina Post. December 14, 2021. Retrieved November 2, 2024.