ATHENS, Ohio – The Ohio baseball team has added Matt Carpenter as assistant coach, as announced by head coach Andrew See on Wednesday, July 9.
"We are very excited to have Matt join our baseball staff. He has a great baseball mind, especially on the offensive side," See said. "Matt is an energetic and aggressive recruiter who brings valuable experience from his previous stops. He is a fantastic addition to our staff – not only as a coach but as a person as well. I know our players will enjoy being around him every day."
Carpenter comes to Ohio after spending one year as the director of player development at Liberty. At Liberty, Carpenter worked daily with pitchers and position players in pre-practice, bullpen, team practice, post-practice and pre-game settings. He provided weekly analysis of opposing hitters and baserunning tendencies in addition to a monthly analysis of development progression for position players and pitchers.
Prior to his time at Liberty, Carpenter served as a baseball development associate for one year with the Philadelphia Phillies. With the Phillies, Carpenter worked in collaboration with the coaching staff, Major League Hitting Strategy and Analysis to gain a competitive advantage through monitoring pitcher tips. He provided daily competition recaps and analysis on pitcher tendencies, weekly analysis of opposing pitchers and daily assistance with advanced scouting reporters on opposing pitchers.
Carpenter's first coaching stint was with his alma mater, Ohio State, from 2020-23. While at Ohio State, he served several roles such as a student assistant coach, director of player development and volunteer assistant coach. Carpenter's day-to-day responsibilities included helping with team defense, team offense, scouting reports, defensive alignment and coaching first base. Carpenter also aided in the recruiting process, leveraging his interest and experience in data analytics and process automation to create technology applications to transform player recruitment.
During his playing career, Carpenter appeared in 74 games at Ohio State from 2017-20, playing mostly at second base. The former infielder was a member of the 2016 and 2019 Big Ten Tournament championship teams in addition to being selected to the Academic All-Big Ten team four times in his career. Carpenter hit a career-best batting average of .257 with eighth doubles and 25 runs over 42 games.
The Cleveland, Ohio native graduated from Ohio State with a dual bachelor's degree in business finance and economics along with a minor in human development and family sciences in 2021.
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