Matt Fincher

Matt Fincher is an American former college baseball coach and player. 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]

Matt Fincher

Biographical details
Born	Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Playing career
1980–1981	Wofford College
1982–1983	Georgia College
Position(s)	Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1985	Eastern Illinois (graduate assistant)
1986–1990	Georgia C&S (assistant)
1994–1996	Georgia (assistant)
1997	Andrew (interim HC)
1997–2006	Chatham Anglers (assistant)
1998–2019	USC Upstate
Head coaching record
Overall	503–701
Tournaments	ASUN: 0–2 Big South: 0–1 NCAA: 0–0
Accomplishments and honors
Awards
ASUN Coach of the Year (2012)

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

References

1. Adler, Eric (August 10, 2006). "Farewell Fincher: Chatham Says Goodbye To Its Beloved Assistant Coach After 10 Years Of Service With The A's". The Cape Cod Chronicle. Chatham, MA. pp. 61–62.
2. . www.upstatespartans.com. Archived from the original on 21 March 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. "Matt Fincher steps down as USC Upstate baseball coach". www.goupstate.com. GateHouse Media, LLC. May 31, 2019. Retrieved June 1, 2019.