Head Coach Matt Kelchner

Getting To Know Head Coach Matt Kelchner

Name	Matt Kelchner
Place of Birth	Harrisburg, PA
Date of Birth	March 5, 1959
Education	B.A. from Susquehanna, 1982
Coaching Career	Assistant Coach, Mansfield University, 1982
	Assistant Coach, Dickinson College, 1983
	Assistant Coach: William & Mary, 1984-2000
	Head Coach, Christopher Newport, 2001-present
Record at CNU	2001: 5-4 NCAA
	2002: 6-5 NCAA
	2003: 8-3 NCAA
	2004: 9-3 NCAA
	2005: 6-4
	2006: 8-3 NCAA
	2007: 7-3
	2008: 8-2 NCAA
	2009: 5-5
	2010: 6-5 NCAA
	2011: 8-3 NCAA
Overall Coaching Record	76-40 (.655), 11 seasons
Contact Coach Kelchner	757-594-7584, kelchner@cnu.edu
Conference Championships	Tied for the regular season USA South Conference championship six times, two out-right championships (2008 & 2011).
Accomplishments	Six-time USA South Coach of the Year (2001, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2011); has taken his team to the NCAA Playoffs eight times in 11 seasons; led the Captains to their first home playoff win in 2003 and first road playoff win in 2004, completed first perfect USA South record in 2008
Personal	Resides in Yorktown, VA with his wife Kathryn and their three sons, Grant; Luke; and Zeke