Matt Mahony is beginning his first season as the Union College head men's and women's bowling coach after being named to the post in January of 2008.

After over a 30-year hiatus, bowling was reinstated as an intercollegiate sport at Union. Bowling is the second non-traditional sport to be offered at Union, joining cycling in that category.

Union will field a men's team and a women's team and will began competitive play in 2008-09.

A 2007 graduate of the southeastern Kentucky institution, he was a two-year member of the Bulldog baseball team as he helped the squad to the 2006 Appalachian Athletic Conference Tournament championship and the 2007 NAIA Region XII Tournament championship.

Playing in 122 games for the Bulldogs, Mahony posted a career batting average of .346 with 21 doubles, two home runs, 72 RBIs, 132 runs scored and 62 stolen bases. In 2007, he earned a spot on the All-Appalachian Athletic Conference First Team as a third baseman.

In addition to playing baseball at Union, Mahony is also the voice of the Bulldogs on the department's internet broadcasts of athletic events.

Mahony is single and resides in Barbourville, Ky.