Matt Fishman

Matt Fishman is the Head Women's Volleyball Coach at Indiana Tech!

Matt Fishman is entering his third season as Head Women’s Volleyball Coach at Indiana Tech for the 2024 season after joining the program prior to the 2022 season.

Last season (2023), Fishman would lead Tech to a 31-5 overall record, marking their first 30+ win season since 2011. The Warriors would also end a 12-year title drought as they went 18-2 in WHAC play to win the regular season trophy, before following it up with a WHAC Tournament Championship as well. At the NAIA National Championships, the Warriors would fall to Mount Vernon Nazarene University in the Opening Round. The Warriors had five All-WHAC team selections, including the WHAC Player of the Year, Noelle VanOort, and the WHAC Setter of the Year, Andrea Schriver. Tech would also have 13 WHAC All-Academic Team members, 10 NAIA Scholar-Athletes, one NAIA Third Team All-American selection in Noelle VanOort, two AVCA All-Region Team members, one AVCA All-Region Team honorable mentions, and 12 WHAC Player of the Week winners. Coach Fishman was named the WHAC Coach of the Year and the AVCA All-Mideast region Coach of the Year for the first times.

In his first season (2022), Fishman led the Warriors to a 28-8 overall record and a 14-6 record in WHAC play, where they would finish third in the WHAC standings. Fishman would lead the Warriors to the WHAC Tournament title game, earning them an automatic bid to the NAIA National Championships where they would ultimately fall in the Opening Round to Midland University. The Warriors also had three All-WHAC team selections, one WHAC All-Freshman Team pick, nine WHAC All-Academic Team members, 11 NAIA Scholar-Athletes, and two WHAC Player of the Week winners. Noelle VanOort would earn NAIA All-American honorable mention and AVCA All-Region First Team honors. The team was also named to the USMC/AVCA Team Academic Award list.

Fishman has a diverse coaching background, including a State Championship with Bishop Chatard High School and collegiately as a volunteer assistant at Indiana University, DOVO at Rutgers University, and then an assistant at Indiana University Kokomo, where he was named River States Conference Assistant Coach of the Year. Fishman helped guide the Cougars to becoming conference tournament champions and two NAIA national tournament appearances, one being the school's first win at the NAIA Tournament Final Site (2020-2021). The Cougars also reached their highest NAIA Coach's Poll ranking of #17 that year while participating in two back-to-back seasons due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Fishman was most recently named assistant to the men’s and women's teams at Trine University in Angola, completing the season with MIAA/MCVL tournament appearances and qualification for semi-finals for both the women's and men's teams.

Fishman has shown his dedication to the development of athletes on and off the court by delivering an impressive record of achievements. During his seasons at Rutgers, the Scarlet Knights set eight school records and earned the program's highest national ranking in Team Blocks at No. 2. Five Scarlett Knights were named Academic All-Big Ten List, and one received the Big Ten Sportsmanship Award. At IU Kokomo, Cougars received many accolades, including First Team All-Conference, Champions of Character, River States Conference Player of the Year, AVCA All-Region, AVCA/NAIA Defender of the Year, 2 NAIA All-Americans, as well as an astounding nine Cougars being named River States Conference Scholar-Athlete in 2020-2021.

Fishman was a leader of student-athletes at Bowling Green State University, serving as their setter for the Falcon's men's club team.

Fishman holds a degree from Bowling Green State University, earning a bachelor's degree in Communications with a minor in Visual Communications Technology.

Fishman resides in the Huntertown area with his wife, Jennifer, two kids, James (5) and Mackenzie (3), and their two Great Danes, Ruby and Bonnie Bones.