Matt Lynch returns to UNCW for his second stint after being named as a temporary assistant coach for the Seahawk women's basketball team in September of 2020.
The Erie, Pa., native previously spent three seasons on the UNCW men's basketball staff. He began as a video coordinator for C.B. McGrath before being elevated to Director of Men's Basketball Operations for the 2018-19 and 2019-20 campaigns. He then served as an assistant coach when Rob Burke was named interim head coach in January of 2020.
Lynch opened his coaching career as an assistant coach at Fort Leboeuf High School in Waterford, Pa., before moving into the collegiate ranks at his alma mater, Edinboro University in Edinboro, Pa.
After a three-year stint at Edinboro, Lynch accepted a position as Video Coordinator for the women’s basketball program at Miami, Ohio, and was later promoted to interim assistant coach for the Red Hawks.
Lynch spent two seasons as the Director of Basketball Operations at Youngstown State, where he worked for YSU coaching legend Jerry Slocum. He finished his time at Youngstown State as an interim assistant coach before joining the Seahawks’ staff.
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.
