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Inducted into the Franklin Pierce Athletics Hall of Fame in 2012, Matt Weagle returned to Rindge to begin his stint as an Assistant Coach with the Franklin Pierce University baseball team during the 2012 postseason. He enters his second full season with the Ravens in 2014. Weagle assists with all operations of the five-time regional champion; his gameday duties consist primarily of mentoring the team's pitchers.

Weagle brings seven years of collegiate coaching experience back to Rindge with him. Most recently, he spent the 2012 campaign as the pitching coach at Becker. While with the Hawks, he mentored an All-NECC Second Team selection in 2012.

Prior to Becker, Weagle spent five seasons as the pitching coach at Worcester Polytechnic Institute from 2006-2010, including assisting with the team's first ever NCAA Championship appearance in 2009. While he was on staff, WPI captured the 2007 and 2009 ECAC Championships, the school's first postseason titles in the 100-plus-year history of the school's baseball program. While with the Engineers, Weagle worked with Conor Fahey, who was described as the most-decorated player in program history after earning All-America accolades and New England Women's And Men's Athletic Conference honors in 2009. He was a four-time All-NEWMAC selection and, in all, Weagle produced five All-NEWMAC pitchers at WPI.

Weagle began his college coaching career as the pitching coach at Holy Cross in 2004.

As an undergraduate, Weagle played three seasons in Rindge (2001-03) under Head Coach Jayson King and became the program's first All-America selection in 2003 after leading the pitching staff on the program's first NCAA Regional champion team. In addition to the All-America selection, his 2003 campaign also made him the first Raven to earn Regional Pitcher of the Year honors, while he also earned All-Region, Northeast-10 Pitcher of the Year and All-Northeast-10 accolades.

His 17 career complete games is still tied for the school record, while he ranks in the top five in program annals in innings pitched (254.1) and strikeouts (257). He held the school strikeouts record upon his departure from Rindge, and the mark stood for seven years before he was bettered by Mike Adams.

After his junior season, Weagle became third draft pick in program history, as he was chosen by the St. Louis Cardinals in the sixth round (185 overall) of the 2003 Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. He remains the third highest draft pick in school history. He pitched 44 innings over two seasons with the Cardinals Rookie Level affiliate, the Johnson City Cardinals of the Appalachian League, and then logged four seasons with the Worcester Tornadoes of the independent Can-Am League before hanging up the spikes.

Originally from Charlton, Mass., Weagle received his degree from Franklin Pierce in 2004.