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Derek Matlock will begin his third season as the assistant coach for the Texas State baseball team. He serves as the recruiting coordinator and pitching coach.
After joining the staff in 2007, Matlock has helped Texas State to back-to-back winning seasons, including a 2009 Southland Conference Championship and a berth to the NCAA Regional Championship Tournament as a No. 2 seed.
Under Matlock's guidance, three Bobcat pitchers were selected in the 2009 MLB First-Year Player Draft and Kane Holbrooks was selected as the Texas State baseball program's first-ever All-American.
In Matlock's two-year span, the Bobcats have had five pitchers drafted to the Major Leagues.
Matlock came to Texas State from Texas Christian University, where he served as a volunteer assistant coach for three years. In his first years with the program, Matlock helped the Horned Frogs to back-to-back Mountain West Conference Championships and NCAA Regional Tournament appearances.
In the summer of 2005, Matlock was named manager of the Denton Outlaws, a member organization of the Texas Collegiate League. He became the second-most successful coach in TCL history, leading his team to a 78-63 regular season record and two TCL championship appearances.
In 2005, the Outlaws claimed the TCL championship. Matlock was also named TCL Coach of the Year in 2005 and 2006.
Prior to his career with the Outlaws, Matlock served as a head coach in the high school ranks where he boasts a successful 251-67 overall record. Matlock began his career as head coach at Eastern Hills (Ft. Worth) in 1995. He was named District Coach of the Year in 1997 and 1998, and was also named Coach of the Year in 1998 by the Ft. Worth Star-Telegram.
In 1999, Matlock took on the challenge of creating a baseball program at Flower Mound High School. From 2002-2004, the Jaguars were ranked among the nation's Top-25 baseball programs and made three-straight playoff appearances.
In 2004, FMHS progressed to the Class 5A Championship game, and finished as State Runners-Up after being defeated by Corpus Christi Moody.
Matlock and his wife Michel have been married for 20 years and have three sons, 16-year old Dylan and 13-year old twins, Ryan and Brett. He and his family reside in Wimberley, Texas.
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