Matt Fincher is an American former college baseball coach and player who is the manager of the Vermont Lake Monsters of the Futures Collegiate Baseball League. He served as head coach of the USC Upstate Spartans baseball program from 1998 until 2019. From 1997 to 2006, he was assistant coach of the Chatham Anglers of the Cape Cod Baseball League. His uniform number "23" was retired by Chatham in 2006.[1] He hails from Athens, Georgia.[2] On May 31, 2019, Fincher stepped down as the head coach at USC Upstate.[3]
Head coaching record
Statistics overview
Season
|
Team
|
Overall
|
Conference
|
Standing
|
Postseason
|
USC Spartanburg/Upstate Spartans (Peach Belt Conference) (1998–2006)
|
1998
|
USC Spartanburg
|
13–40 |
5–24 |
11th |
|
1999
|
USC Spartanburg
|
21–33 |
5–25 |
11th |
|
2000
|
USC Spartanburg
|
13–40 |
6–24 |
10th |
|
2001
|
USC Spartanburg
|
12–42 |
4–26 |
11th |
|
2002
|
USC Spartanburg
|
21–34 |
5–24 |
11th |
|
2003
|
USC Spartanburg
|
28–26 |
9–18 |
11th |
|
2004
|
USC Spartanburg
|
24–28 |
11–19 |
10th |
|
2005
|
USC Upstate
|
33–21 |
14–16 |
7th |
|
2006
|
USC Upstate
|
33–24 |
13–14 |
6th |
|
2007
|
USC Upstate
|
34–25 |
15–15 |
5th |
|
USC Upstate Spartans (ASUN Conference) (2007–2018)
|
2008
|
USC Upstate
|
25–29 |
17–16 |
6th |
ineligible
|
2009
|
USC Upstate
|
17–37 |
7–23 |
11th |
ineligible
|
2010
|
USC Upstate
|
19–37 |
8–19 |
11th |
ineligible
|
2011
|
USC Upstate
|
19–36 |
10–18 |
9th |
|
2012
|
USC Upstate
|
39–24 |
16–10 |
2nd |
Atlantic Sun Tournament
|
2013
|
USC Upstate
|
28–30 |
9–18 |
8th |
|
2014
|
USC Upstate
|
17–38 |
6–20 |
9th |
|
2015
|
USC Upstate
|
15–38 |
4–17 |
8th |
|
2016
|
USC Upstate
|
22–30 |
5–15 |
8th |
|
2017
|
USC Upstate
|
24–31 |
7–14 |
7th |
|
2018
|
USC Upstate
|
23–28 |
5–14 |
8th |
|
USC Upstate Spartans (Big South Conference) (2019)
|
2019
|
USC Upstate
|
23–30 |
9–17 |
8th |
Big South Tournament
|
USC Spartanburg/Upstate:
|
503–701 |
190–406 |
|
Total: |
503–701 |
|
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
Conference regular season champion
Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
Division regular season champion
Division regular season and conference tournament champion
Conference tournament champion
|
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