Matt Land (Coach)
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Matt Land is the head football coach for Trine 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.
Land was also the head coach for the United Indoor Football
league's Fort Wayne Freedom
from 2003 to 2005, and for 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 traditional power house Bishop Dwenger High School
, a regional victory over Delta High School and eventually them all the way to the semi-state game where the Archers lost to the Lowell Devils who went on to win the state title.
He was also the wrestling coach for Northrop High School
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Land was the center of a rebuilding process at South Side High School, in which he built a team that was 7-20 in 3 years prior to his arrival, and a 21-11 record in the following 3 seasons.
Land was also the head coach for the United Indoor Football
United Indoor Football
United Indoor Football was a United States indoor football league that started in 2005. Ten owners from the National Indoor Football League, including one expansion and two from arenafootball2 took their franchises and formed their own league...
league's Fort Wayne Freedom
Fort Wayne Freedom
The Fort Wayne Freedom was a team in the Continental Indoor Football League, beginning play in the 2008 season. Like the original Freedom, the team retained a red, white, and blue color scheme, and played in the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum....
from 2003 to 2005, and for Fort Wayne's South Side High School
South Side High School (Fort Wayne, Indiana)
South Side High School is a Fort Wayne Community Schools high school situated in south-central Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana.-History:On September 11, 1922, South Side High School opened its doors to students for the first time...
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 traditional power house Bishop Dwenger High School
Bishop Dwenger High School
Bishop Dwenger High School is a coeducational Roman Catholic high school in Fort Wayne, Indiana, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend. The school was founded in 1963. Bishop Dwenger's main rivals are Bishop Luers High School and Snider High School...
, a regional victory over Delta High School and eventually them all the way to the semi-state game where the Archers lost to the Lowell Devils who went on to win the state title.
He was also the wrestling coach for Northrop High School
Northrop High School
Northrop High School is a Fort Wayne Community Schools high school situated in the northern suburbs of Fort Wayne, Allen County, Indiana.-Curriculum:...
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Land was the center of a rebuilding process at South Side High School, in which he built a team that was 7-20 in 3 years prior to his arrival, and a 21-11 record in the following 3 seasons.