Matt Fincher

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Matt Fincher is an American former college baseball player and coach. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia, and grew up in Athens. He played catcher at Wofford College (1980–81) and Georgia College (1982–83). He began coaching in 1985 as a graduate assistant at Eastern Illinois, then served as an assistant at Georgia College & State University (1986–1990) and at the University of Georgia (1994–1996). In 1997 he was interim head coach at Andrew College. From 1997 to 2006 he was an assistant with the Chatham Anglers in the Cape Cod Baseball League, where his uniform number 23 was retired in 2006. Fincher was the head coach of USC Upstate’s Spartans baseball program from 1998 to 2019, compiling a 503–701 overall record. His teams played in the ASUN and Big South tournaments, with 0–2 and 0–1 postseason records, and they did not advance in the NCAA tournament. He was named ASUN Coach of the Year in 2012. On May 31, 2019, Fincher stepped down as USC Upstate’s head coach. He later became the manager of the Vermont Lake Monsters in the Futures Collegiate Baseball League.