Coach Matlock enters his second season as head coach of the WWU men's lacrosse team.
Career
- Has an overall coaching record of 43-39 and a .524 winning percentage
- Coached 8 NAIA All-Americans
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- Guided WWU to a 5-8 overall and 5-4 Heart record in 2025, its inaugural season
- Has one Heart Offensive Player of the Year
- Has two All-Heart honorees
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- Named KCAC Coach of the Year in 2023
- Led OU to two (2019, 2023) KCAC Championships
- Coached 30 All-KCAC performers
- Had two players named KCAC Offensive Player of the Year
Matlock was the head coach at Blue Valley West High School (BVWHS) in Overland Park, Kan. While at BVWHS, he led the Jaguars to three consecutive LAKC State playoffs, finishing second in 2016. Under Matlock’s leadership, three players were academic All-American nominees, two were All-American nominees and two players were named All-Metro. In 2015 and 2016, he had 92 percent of his graduating seniors move on to play college lacrosse. BVHS was also nationally ranked on the FOGO (Face-Off, Get Off) Ratings.
Matlock also coached the 2019-2020 Team Fountain City Lacrosse Club and he was the Assistant Director for KC Heartland Lacrosse during his time at BVWHS.
Prior to that, Matlock was the assistant varsity and defensive coach at BVWHS. He was an assistant coach at Marquette High School in Chesterfield, Mo., from June 2009 to June 2011. Matlock was also an assistant coach with Chaminade College Prep in Creve Coeur, Mo., and head women’s coach at Parkway South High School in Manchester, Mo. While at PSHS, led the team to the program’s first MSLA playoff in school history.
Matlock graduated from the University of Phoenix with a Bachelor of Science in Business Management. He also attended the University of Central Missouri where he was a member of the executive board for Sigma Nu Fraternity. Matlock played in the St. Louis Men’s Lacrosse League (STLMLL) during summer breaks.
Matlock was a three-year member of the men’s lacrosse team at Parkway South High School (PSHS) in St. Louis, Mo, where he helped lead PSHS to the school’s first state playoff appearance and the program’s second winning season. Matlock earned All-Conference honors and was voted to the MSLA All-Star Game.
