Matthew Swiderski
Matthew Swiderski

Bio

Matt Swiderski enters his fifth season as a coach at DSC. His duties include recruiting, coaching third base and working with the outfielders, first basemen and hitters. In his first year on staff, the team earned their tenth consecutive NJCAA Academic Team of the Year Award with a program best, 3.88 team GPA.  

 

The Falcons offense has continued to thrive under his guidance with the team finishing at or near the top in the state in both batting average and on base percentage every season since his arrival. 

 

Swiderski served as the head coach for both the Seminole County Snappers and currently the Deland Suns in the Florida Collegiate Summer League as well as being an assistant coach for the Leesburg Lightning where he won a championship in 2021. 

 

He was invited as a guest speaker to the Florida Athletic Coaches Association Conference in the Fall of 2020.

 

Swiderski received his AA Degree from DSC where he served as the Falcons everyday first baseman as well as spending time patrolling the outfield.  He was selected to play in the JUCO All Star Game his freshman year and helped lead the Falcons to a regional playoff berth his sophomore season. Swiderski was named to both the President’s List and Dean’s List during his two years at Daytona and he was presented with the Who's Who of American College Students Award while earning an Academic All American.  

 

Following Daytona, Swiderski went on to play at Coker University, an NCAA Division II program in South Carolina where he continued to put up strong numbers both at the plate and defensively helping the Cobras advance to the SAC tournament his senior season.  

 

He graduated from Coker with a Bachelor of Business Administration Degree with a concentration in Sports Management and earned his Master’s Degree in College Athletic Administration from Coker in September of 2020.

 

He is a native of Port St. Lucie Florida where he attended Port St. Lucie High School.