Matt Anderson, a Hopkinton High School alumnus who served as the baseball team’s pitching coach since 2017, was named head coach, the school announced this week.

Anderson graduated HHS in 2001 and was a Tri-Valley League All-Star as a senior captain, helping the Hillers win the TVL title. After a prep year at Williston Northampton, he went on to play at Assumption College from 2002-06.

He had a four-year stint as junior varsity head coach and varsity assistant coach at Holliston High School from 2007-11, and he has coached AAU baseball since 2007. He is the owner of Anderson Baseball Academy and serves as an offseason trainer for the Northeast Longhorns, for whom he used to be head coach.