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| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Athletic director |
| Team | Trine |
| Conference | MIAA |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | (1972-02-10)February 10, 1972 (age 53) |
| Alma mater | Ball State University (1996) |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2002–2005 | South Side HS (IN) |
| 2005, 2008–2009 | Fort Wayne Freedom |
| 2006–2014 | Tri-State / Trine |
| Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
| 2012–present | Trine |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 63–32 (college) 28–20 (high school) 23–11 (indoor football) |
| Tournaments | 2–3 (NCAA D-III playoffs) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 3MIAA (2008–2010) | |
Matt Land (born February 10, 1972) is the athletic director and former head football coach forTrine University. 2006 was his first season as the program's head coach. The team finished 2–8. In 2007, they finished with a record of 6–4. In 2008 he was awarded the NCAA Division III Co-Region Four Coach of the Year award after leading Trine to a 10–0 regular season.[1] In April 2012, Land was named theathletic director at Trine.[2]
Land was also the head coach for theUnited Indoor Football league'sFort Wayne Freedom in 2005,[3] and Fort Wayne'sSouth Side High School from 2002 to 2005, each year he built up the team a little bit more until his last year in 2005 when he coached the team to its winningest season ever, including a sectional championship victory overBishop Dwenger High School, a Class 4A regional victory over Delta High School. The Archers lost in the semi-state to Lowell, the eventual Class 4A state champs. He was also the wrestling coach forNorthrop High School. Land was part of a rebuilding process at South Side High School, in which he built a team that was 7–20 in three years prior to his arrival, and a 21–11 record in the following three seasons.
| Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Bowl/playoffs | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tri–State/Trine Thunder(Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association)(2006–2014) | |||||||||
| 2006 | Tri-State | 2–8 | 2–5 | T–6th | |||||
| 2007 | Tri-State | 6–4 | 4–3 | T–4th | |||||
| 2008 | Trine | 10–1 | 6–0 | 1st | LNCAA Division III First Round | ||||
| 2009 | Trine | 10–2 | 6–0 | 1st | LNCAA Division III Second Round | ||||
| 2010 | Trine | 11–1 | 6–0 | 1st | LNCAA Division III Second Round | ||||
| 2011 | Trine | 7–3 | 3–3 | 4th | |||||
| 2012 | Trine | 7–3 | 5–1 | 2nd | |||||
| 2013 | Trine | 4–6 | 1–5 | T–5th | |||||
| 2014 | Trine | 6–4 | 4–2 | T–2nd | |||||
| Tri-State/Trine: | 63–32 | 2–12 | |||||||
| Total: | 63–32 | ||||||||
| National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth | |||||||||
