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Matt Goodheart

Magnolia,AR

Summary

- High School State Champion and State Tournament MVP (2016)

- American Legion National Champion (2016)

- NJCAA First Team All Region (2018)

- NJCAA World Series 3rd Place (2018)

- 2x All-Conferece Southeastern Conference Designated Hitter (‘19, ‘21) (Only DH in school history to receive all-conference honors)

- SEC All-Tournament Team (2019)

- College World Series Participant (2019)

- Fayetteville Regional All-Tournament Team (2021)

- 2x SEC Player of the Week (‘19, ‘21)

- Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Player of the Week (2021)

- 2021 Free Agent Signee to the Philadelphia Phillies.

- 3 year professional baseball player

- Assistant Coach State Championship (Columbia Christian 2023)

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Head Baseball Coach

Columbia Christian School
06.2025 - Current

- Lead and organized a high school baseball program to be successful both on and off the baseball field

- Worked with administration to develop strength and conditioning protocols for athletes in each individual sport

- Taught a Fundaments of Health and Wellness Class

- Worked with administration to aid in fundraising for the athletics department

Assistant Coach

Orleans Firebirds-Cape Cod Baseball League
03.2025 - Current

-Assisted the staff of the Orleans Firebirds with field maintenance and baseball operations. The baseball operations include but are not limited to individual strength and conditioning protocols for the athletes and individual skill development on offense and defense.

Assistant to the Athletic Director

Southern Arkansas University Tech
12.2024 - 06.2025

- This position served primarily to work with other sports on campus as a consultant for strength and conditioning, nutrition, and general health and wellness.

- Specifically, entire strength and conditioning programs were written for baseball and softball. This includes but is not limited to: team lifts, individual additions or subtractions based on specific needs, program wide body weight/composition tracking, sleep hygiene education, nutrition education, and supplemental education and recommendations.

- As an assistant to the Athletic Director, I spent some time recruiting for administration at school fairs, particularly regarding athletics, but also for general population students as well.

Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator

Southern Arkansas University Tech
08.2023 - 05.2025

- Enhanced team performance by developing offensive strategy to score runs in competitive settings.

- Developed in-house statistical metrics not used by any other programs in the country. This metric was personally developed by myself using AI to help identify the best options for the lineup and also assess value that may be overlooked.

- Individually worked with hitters to develop their performance in game.

- Developed defensive skills and strategies to help prevent run scoring in competitive settings.

- Primary in person recruiter. This consisted of regularly attending games on behalf of the program to evaluate talent. This process then leads into the recruitment process of getting the athlete on campus, giving the athlete the tour and informing the recruit and his family of the interworkings of our athletic and academic programs.

- Directly worked along side head coach on field maintenance.

Private Hitting Instructor

ELITE (Sports and Vision Performance)
08.2022 - 12.2023

-Private Hitting Instructor at Elite Sports Performance in Conway, AR, owned and operated by Ryan Barnes. There, I worked along side of respected names Allen Gum and Pete Southall.

Professional Athlete

Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks
07.2023 - 08.2023

- CIF/COF and LHH for the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks professional baseball team in the American Association of Professional Baseball.

Professional Athlete

Lincoln Saltdogs
05.2022 - 07.2023

-I was a CIF/COF and LHH for the Lincoln Saltdogs professional baseball team in the American Association of Professional Baseball.

Assistant Coach

Columbia Christian School
01.2023 - 05.2023

- Assistant Coach under David Sisson for Columbia Christian School’s Varsity Baseball Team. I was tasked to help develop hitters and pitchers, help design practice plans, and supervised field maintenance.

Professional Athlete

Philadelphia Phillies
07.2021 - 03.2022

- CIF/COF and LHH in the Phildelphia Phillies organization. Batted .388 in Rookie Ball before having my contract selected by another independent professional team in the American Association.

Education

Recreation And Sports Management - Science

University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR
05.2021

High School Diploma -

Magnolia High School
Magnolia, AR
05.2017

Skills

    - Internship of Strength and Conditioning under certified CSCS, Olympic Lifting, and CrossFit certified Coach

    - Multiple written Strength and Conditioning Protocols for various levels of sport performance

    - Individual and Team experience coaching all aspects of baseball

    - Understanding and interpreting basic technology used to develop athletes such as rapsodo, blast motion, synergy, and video

    - Have experience programming an entire offensive strategy at the college baseball level

Timeline

Head Baseball Coach

Columbia Christian School
06.2025 - Current

Assistant Coach

Orleans Firebirds-Cape Cod Baseball League
03.2025 - Current

Assistant to the Athletic Director

Southern Arkansas University Tech
12.2024 - 06.2025

Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator

Southern Arkansas University Tech
08.2023 - 05.2025

Professional Athlete

Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks
07.2023 - 08.2023

Assistant Coach

Columbia Christian School
01.2023 - 05.2023

Private Hitting Instructor

ELITE (Sports and Vision Performance)
08.2022 - 12.2023

Professional Athlete

Lincoln Saltdogs
05.2022 - 07.2023

Professional Athlete

Philadelphia Phillies
07.2021 - 03.2022

Recreation And Sports Management - Science

University of Arkansas

High School Diploma -

Magnolia High School