Veteran high school coach Matt Garrett was named women's golf coach at Wayland Baptist University in May 2022.
 
Garrett is an accomplished coach with 32 years of experience coaching golf, basketball, cross country, tennis and track & field, most recently at Quanah High School.
 
"I have long desired to coach women's college golf when I felt the time was right to retire from my high school coaching career. The timing of the opportunity at Wayland was a godsend and I could not be more excited to come aboard at such an esteemed institution as WBU," Garrett said.
 
"Coach Garrett will be a great addition to our staff. His track record of past success is impressive and his enthusiasm for the future is contagious," said WBU Senior Vice President of Operations and Student Life Dr. Claude Lusk.
 
"Matt Garrett possesses all of the qualities that one would look for in a top-tier head women's golf coach and leader of student-athletes at the intercollegiate level," said William Weidner, WBU's director of intercollegiate athletics. "His teams are well-coached, highly-motivated to succeed and are always well-prepared to compete at their optimum best. His well-rounded coaching expertise, practice organization and match preparation have consistently placed his team among the best at the interscholastic level on the field of play. His extensive and established relationships within the coaching fraternity at the interscholastic level will assist his efforts regarding the recruitment of outstanding prospective student-athletes who can excel in both the academic and athletic arenas for the Wayland Baptist University women's golf program."
 
Garrett said his hopes for the program are to "first recruit student-athletes who exhibit outstanding character, are strong students, and who desire to compete at the next level. In so doing, I hope WBU women's golf will soon become increasingly more competitive not only in the Sooner Athletic Conference, but also on the national stage."
 
Garrett's stellar 32-year high school coaching career  – including time at nearby Nazareth High School  – features a number of state championships in a variety of sports, highlighted by four state championships, five final fours, 12 regional tournaments and 35 national records in girls' basketball. Every school at which he's coached since 1999, except two, made the state final four or the regional tournament.
 
Garrett has also coached two state championships in golf and one in cross country plus many UIL state medals in tennis and track.
 
In 2021, Garrett was recognized as one of the Top 100 Girls Basketball Coaches in the 100-year history of the UIL.
 
"God has truly blessed me with much success," Garrett said.
 
Of moving to the college coaching ranks, he said, "I have found over 32 years of being in the coaching profession that best fits happen when visions are aligned and goals are consistent from the administration down to every person in the program. I admire the mission of Wayland and desire for the women's golf team to embody all that WBU stands for.
 
Garrett and his wife Courtney, a former public school teacher and coach, have two children:  Austin, a graduate of Texas Tech, and Mason, who transferred from Midwestern State University in order to play golf at Wayland.