Rutgers Athletics Hall of Fame

Matthew J. Bolger
- Induction:
- 2001
Bolger spent 22 years at the head coach of the Scarlet Knights baseball team, compiling a record of 288-245-7 during his career. He led Rutgers to three NCAA Tournaments in a five-year span from 1966-1970, and posted his best season in 1961, when the Scarlet Knights finished with a 15-4-1 record. A two-time Coach of the Year honoree by the New Jersey Collegiate Baseball Association, Bolger mentored several major league draft picks, including former first-round pick Jeff Torborg. A past President of the American Association of College Baseball Coaches, Bolger is a member of the AACBC Hall of Fame, as well as the Newark Hall of Fame and the St. Benedict's Prep Hall of Fame. Bolger, who coached at Rutgers from 1961 through 1983, was the school's all-time winningest coach in any sport at the time of his retirement.
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