Softball
Guemmer, Matthew
Matthew Guemmer
- Position:
- Assistant Coach
- Alma Mater:
- Missouri '13
- Email Address:
- ath-softball@osu.edu
Matt Guemmer enters his second season as an assistant coach at Ohio State in 2025-26. His first season in Columbus was a huge success, as the Buckeyes finished 45-14-1 overall and reached the NCAA Tournament. The Buckeyes had the nation's top statistical offense, as they led the country in home runs, runs scored, slugging percentage and walks. Guemmer was part of the staff that was chosen as the best in the nation by Softball America and tops in the Great Lakes Regional by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.
No stranger to the Big Ten Conference, Matt Guemmer spent the last the 2023 and 2024 seasons as an assistant coach at Rutgers University. While he was there, he helped the Scarlet Knights to new heights in the league, including producing an All-American, All-Big Ten and All-Big Ten Defensive Team outfielder.
After joining the staff, Rutgers placed an outfielder on the Big Ten All-Defensive Team in back-to-back seasons and had defensive outfield plays appear on ESPN’s SportsCenter Top 10. Centerfielder/pitcher Morgan Smith became RU’s first NFCA All-American with second team honors, was also a First Team All-American by Softball America. She was named the country’s top-two way player by Softball America.
In Guemmer’s second year at Rutgers in 2024, the Scarlet Knights captured back-to-back 30-win seasons for the first time in program history, the most Big Ten victories since joining the league in 2014-15, the most Big Ten series wins in school history and the highest ever Big Ten Tournament seed.
Guemmer arrived at Rutgers after spending three seasons (2020-2022) at Southeast Missouri coaching the Redhawks outfield defense and hitting while assisting with infield defense and pitching. He helped guide SEMO to back-to-back 30 wins seasons, a 39-16 Ohio Valley Conference record and the 2021 OVC regular-season title.
Prior to his stint at SEMO, Guemmer was a volunteer assistant coach at Virginia Tech and the director of the Peter D’Amour Softball Camps in 2019. It was during this stint at Virginia Tech that Guemmer worked with Ohio State head coach Kirin Kumar. Guemmer and Kumar were part of the 2019 NFCA Mid-Atlantic Region Coaching Staff of the Year; Guemmer was responsible for overseeing the outfielders in a season where the Hokies won their second-ever ACC regular-season title and first-ever Coastal Division crown.
Before joining the collegiate ranks, Guemmer was the head coach of the girls’ softball team at De Soto High School in his hometown of De Soto, Missouri. At the helm of the program, he compiled a 76-34 record with three district championships and produced three MHFSCA All-State players and 13 MHSFCA Academic All-State athletes. During his first season after being elevated from assistant coach, he led the Dragons to an MSHSAA 3A state championship and 25-4 record as the team held a .351 batting average and 1.41 ERA and was named the 2014 Regional Radio Dream Team Coach of the Year.
A graduate of the University of Missouri with a degree in secondary education, Guemmer was a student manager with the Tigers softball program for two seasons assisting with camps and clinics, film and equipment.
No stranger to the Big Ten Conference, Matt Guemmer spent the last the 2023 and 2024 seasons as an assistant coach at Rutgers University. While he was there, he helped the Scarlet Knights to new heights in the league, including producing an All-American, All-Big Ten and All-Big Ten Defensive Team outfielder.
After joining the staff, Rutgers placed an outfielder on the Big Ten All-Defensive Team in back-to-back seasons and had defensive outfield plays appear on ESPN’s SportsCenter Top 10. Centerfielder/pitcher Morgan Smith became RU’s first NFCA All-American with second team honors, was also a First Team All-American by Softball America. She was named the country’s top-two way player by Softball America.
In Guemmer’s second year at Rutgers in 2024, the Scarlet Knights captured back-to-back 30-win seasons for the first time in program history, the most Big Ten victories since joining the league in 2014-15, the most Big Ten series wins in school history and the highest ever Big Ten Tournament seed.
Guemmer arrived at Rutgers after spending three seasons (2020-2022) at Southeast Missouri coaching the Redhawks outfield defense and hitting while assisting with infield defense and pitching. He helped guide SEMO to back-to-back 30 wins seasons, a 39-16 Ohio Valley Conference record and the 2021 OVC regular-season title.
Prior to his stint at SEMO, Guemmer was a volunteer assistant coach at Virginia Tech and the director of the Peter D’Amour Softball Camps in 2019. It was during this stint at Virginia Tech that Guemmer worked with Ohio State head coach Kirin Kumar. Guemmer and Kumar were part of the 2019 NFCA Mid-Atlantic Region Coaching Staff of the Year; Guemmer was responsible for overseeing the outfielders in a season where the Hokies won their second-ever ACC regular-season title and first-ever Coastal Division crown.
Before joining the collegiate ranks, Guemmer was the head coach of the girls’ softball team at De Soto High School in his hometown of De Soto, Missouri. At the helm of the program, he compiled a 76-34 record with three district championships and produced three MHFSCA All-State players and 13 MHSFCA Academic All-State athletes. During his first season after being elevated from assistant coach, he led the Dragons to an MSHSAA 3A state championship and 25-4 record as the team held a .351 batting average and 1.41 ERA and was named the 2014 Regional Radio Dream Team Coach of the Year.
A graduate of the University of Missouri with a degree in secondary education, Guemmer was a student manager with the Tigers softball program for two seasons assisting with camps and clinics, film and equipment.
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