Matthew Guemmer is in his third year as an assistant coach at Southeast Missouri.
A native of De Soto, Missouri, Guemmer comes to SEMO from Virginia Tech, where he served as a volunteer assistant coach during the 2019 season.
Guemmer, who worked primarily with the outfielders and was the camp director of the Pete D'Amour softball camps, was instrumental in Virginia Tech winning an ACC regular-season title and Coastal Division crown. It was Tech's first-ever time winning the Coastal and just its second time being regular-season champs.
His outfield unit led the charge at the plate for Tech, with all three players hitting over .330 and collecting more than 50 hits. Leading the crew was left fielder Emma Strouth, who broke two school records with 68 RBI and 50 runs scored, while right fielder Al Velazquez tied Strouth with a school-record 50 runs scored herself.
Center fielder Darby Trull led the team with a .406 batting average, the fourth highest in the ACC. Trull and Strouth would earn two major awards together, claiming All-America honors from Softball America and First-Team NFCA All-Region (Mid-Atlantic). Strouth also picked up First-Team All-ACC honors.
Before his time at Virginia Tech, Guemmer was the head coach of the girls' softball team at De Soto High School. Guemmer led the Dragons to a MSHSAA 3A state championship and a 25-4 record in his first year on the job. The team owned a .351 batting average and 1.41 ERA, respectively, as well.
Under his watch, the Dragons had a combined record of 76-34 with three district championships. Guemmer produced 13 MHSFCA Academic All-State selections, three MHFSCA All-State players and guided the team to being named MHSFCA Academic All-State in 2014. In 2013, Guemmer served as an assistant coach before being promoted to head coach in 2014.
Prior to the stint at his alma mater, Guemmer worked as an assistant coach at Mineral Area in Park Hills, Missouri, a two-year junior college, for four years. He helped mold four NJCAA All-Americans and four NJCAA Academic All-Americans. The Cardinals earned two trips to the NJCAA World Series Qualifier in 2009 and 2011.
Guemmer graduated from the University of Missouri in 2013 and while in Columbia served as a student manager for two years. Guemmer's responsibilities with the Tigers included working camps and clinics, videotaping game footage and managing equipment.
