Matt Lynch joined UNCW Head Coach C.B. McGrath’s staff as video
coordinator in the summer of 2017 before being named Director of Men's
Basketball Operations for the 2018-19 season.
Lynch, 27, served as Director of Men’s Basketball Operations for YSU coaching legend Jerry Slocum in 2015-16 and 2016-17 before acting as an interim assistant coach this past March. He brings a strong background in video editing to the position.
Lynch grew up in Erie, Pa., and started his coaching career as an assistant coach at Ft. Leboeuf High School in Waterford, Pa., before breaking into the collegiate ranks at Edinboro University in Edinboro, Pa.
After three years at Edinboro, Lynch accepted a position as Video Operations Coordinator for the women’s basketball program at Miami (Ohio) University, working for Miami’s Cleve Wright. He was later promoted to interim assistant coach for the Red Hawks, largely in part to the mentorship of Miami assistant coach Colleen Day.
Lynch then moved on to Youngstown as Director of Basketball Operations under Slocum, the Penguins’ former head coach and NCAA Division I wins leader. Slocom retired last season after amassing 723 career victories in 42 seasons on the bench, including the last 12 at YSU. Lynch also gained valuable working alongside former YSU associate head coach Mike Wernicki.
Lynch, 27, served as Director of Men’s Basketball Operations for YSU coaching legend Jerry Slocum in 2015-16 and 2016-17 before acting as an interim assistant coach this past March. He brings a strong background in video editing to the position.
Lynch grew up in Erie, Pa., and started his coaching career as an assistant coach at Ft. Leboeuf High School in Waterford, Pa., before breaking into the collegiate ranks at Edinboro University in Edinboro, Pa.
After three years at Edinboro, Lynch accepted a position as Video Operations Coordinator for the women’s basketball program at Miami (Ohio) University, working for Miami’s Cleve Wright. He was later promoted to interim assistant coach for the Red Hawks, largely in part to the mentorship of Miami assistant coach Colleen Day.
Lynch then moved on to Youngstown as Director of Basketball Operations under Slocum, the Penguins’ former head coach and NCAA Division I wins leader. Slocom retired last season after amassing 723 career victories in 42 seasons on the bench, including the last 12 at YSU. Lynch also gained valuable working alongside former YSU associate head coach Mike Wernicki.
Lynch earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Health and Physical
Education from Edinboro in 2013 and completed his Master’s in
Kinesiology and Sports Psychology at Miami in 2015.
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Sessions in which Matt Lynch participates
1:00 PM
1:00 PM
- Director of Basketball Operations Session Minneapolis Convention Center - M 100 D&E
- 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM | 1 hour