title: Matt Ballard
text: # Matt Ballard
  
  Douglas Matthew Ballard (born May 14, 1957) is an American college football coach, most recently the head coach at Morehead State University, a position he held from 1994 until his firing at the end of the 2012 season. He also served as the head coach at another Kentucky school, Union College, from 1988 to 1993.
  
  ## Head coaching record
  
  | Year | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Union (Kentucky) Bulldogs (Mid-South Conference) (1988–1993) ||||||
  | 1988 | Union | 6–4 | 2–3 | 4th |
  | 1989 | Union | 4–5–1 | 3–3 | T–3rd |
  | 1990 | Union | 5–5 | 1–4 | T–4th |
  | 1991 | Union | 6–4 | 3–3 | T–3rd |
  | 1992 | Union | 8–2 | 4–1 | T–1st |
  | 1993 | Union | 5–5 | 2–3 | T–3rd |
  | Union: | Union: | 34–25–1 | 15–17 | |
  | Morehead State Eagles (Ohio Valley Conference) (1994–1995) ||||||
  | 1994 | Morehead State | 0–11 | 0–8 | 9th |
  | 1995 | Morehead State | 2–8 | 1–7 | T–8th |
  | Morehead State Eagles (NCAA Division I-AA independent) (1996–2000) ||||||
  | 1996 | Morehead State | 6–4 | | |
  | 1997 | Morehead State | 7–3 | | |
  | 1998 | Morehead State | 9–2 | | |
  | 1999 | Morehead State | 5–5 | | |
  | 2000 | Morehead State | 6–3 | | |
  | Morehead State Eagles (Pioneer Football League) (2001–2012) ||||||
  | 2001 | Morehead State | 6–5 | 2–1 | 2nd (South) |
  | 2002 | Morehead State | 9–3 | 3–0 | 1st (South) |
  | 2003 | Morehead State | 8–3 | 3–0 | 1st (South) |
  | 2004 | Morehead State | 6–6 | 2–1 | T–1st (South) |
  | 2005 | Morehead State | 8–4 | 3–0 | 1st (South) |
  | 2006 | Morehead State | 2–5 | 2–9 | T–5th |
  | 2007 | Morehead State | 7–4 | 5–2 | 3rd |
  | 2008 | Morehead State | 6–6 | 3–3 | T–4th |
  | 2009 | Morehead State | 3–8 | 1–7 | 9th |
  | 2010 | Morehead State | 5–6 | 4–4 | 5th |
  | 2011 | Morehead State | 3–8 | 2–6 | 5th |
  | 2012 | Morehead State | 4–7 | 3–5 | T–6th |
  | Morehead State: | Morehead State: | 102–105 | 34–53 | |
  | Total: | Total: | 136–130–1 | | |
  | National championship  Conference title  Conference division title or championship game berth ||||||
  