Matt Land (born February 10, 1972) is the athletic director and former head football coach for

Trine University Trine University is a private university in Angola, Indiana, and Fort Wayne, Indiana, with education centers in Detroit, Phoenix and Reston, Virginia. It was founded in 1884 and is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. History "Tri-S ...

. 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. In April 2012, Land was named the

athletic director An athletic director (commonly "athletics director" or "AD") is an administrator at many American clubs or institutions, such as colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, who oversees the work of coaches a ...

at Trine. Land was also the head coach for the

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league's

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in 2005, and Fort Wayne's South 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 over

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, 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 for

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. 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.

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