Matt Zedrick

Coaching Experience

• Associate Women's Golf Coach, Nebraska (2023-present)
• Assistant Women’s Golf Coach, Nebraska (2022-23)
• Assistant Women’s Golf Coach, Chattanooga (2021-22)
• Head Women’s Golf Coach, Purdue Fort Wayne (2015-21)
• Head Men’s Golf Coach, Garden City CC (2014-15)
• Assistant Women’s Golf Coach, Marshall (2012-14)
• Assistant Men’s Golf Coach, Marshall (2014)
• Head Coach, First Tee of Greater Miami Valley (2010-11)

Honors & Awards

• Coached 19 WGCA All-America Scholars at Fort Wayne
• USGA P.J. Boatwright Jr. Internship Program (2013)

Matt Zedrick enters his third season at Nebraska and his second as the associate head coach of the Husker women’s golf team. Zedrick came to Lincoln as an assistant coach after spending the 2021-22 season as an assistant at Chattanooga.

 

Zedrick joined Nebraska Head Coach Jeanne Sutherland’s first Husker staff on June 1, 2022, and brought six seasons of head coaching experience at the NCAA Division I level with him to Lincoln.

 

In his first season in Lincoln, Zedrick made an instant impact, helping Nebraska capture an NCAA Regional bid after climbing into the top 25 in the national rankings midway through the fall campaign.

 

The Huskers claimed team tournament titles at both the Badger Invitational (Sept. 18-20, 2022) and the Westbrook Spring Invitational (Feb. 26-27, 2023) while adding runner-up finishes at the Green Wave Classic (Sept. 12-13, 2022), the Dale McNamara Invitational (Oct. 10-11, 2022) and the FAU Paradise Invitational (Feb. 6-7, 2023), before advancing to the 2023 NCAA Raleigh Regional.

 

“We’re very happy to add Matt to our staff,” Sutherland said. “I’ve had the privilege to watch him coach over the years and I’ve always been impressed with his knowledge and ability to communicate with players. His skills in player development and strategy will really add to our ability to compete at the highest levels.”

 

From 2015-16 to 2020-21, Zedrick guided the Purdue Fort Wayne women’s golf program to one of the most successful stretches in program history.

 

His Mastodon teams rewrote virtually every school record on the course, including a 2020-21 team scoring average of 311.8. Purdue Fort Wayne’s top golfers, Holly Anderson and Linnzie Richner set school records for 18, 36 and 54 holes, while Anderson claimed school records for the best season and career stroke averages. Anderson capped her career as a second-team All-Horizon League selection in 2020-21.

 

In addition to their success on the course, Zedrick’s Mastodons claimed 19 WGCA All-America Scholar awards in his six seasons leading the program.

 

Prior to his time at Purdue Fort Wayne, Zedrick spent the 2014-15 season as the men’s golf head coach at Garden City Community College in Kansas. He guided Skyler Tebo to an NJCAA Championship appearance in 2015. Tebo went on to compete at both UMKC and Fort Hays State.

 

Zedrick began his college coaching career in 2012-13 as the assistant women’s golf coach at Marshall. He spent two seasons with the Herd women’s golf team, helping Kristyn Morrone capture Conference USA Newcomer-of-the-Year honors. He also served as an assistant men’s golf coach at Marshall in 2014.

 

Matt and his wife, Gwen, have two daughters, Sophia and Tillie. Originally from Danville, Ill., Matt earned his bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Illinois State in 2010. He earned his master’s degree in adult education from Marshall in 2014.

 

Matt’s brother, Zac, is the associate men’s golf coach at Notre Dame.