Matt Colbert returned as an Assistant Coach for the Williams College baseball team in the 2024-25 academic year and will be back for the 2025-26 season. He previously spent time as an assistant on Head Coach Bill Barrale's staff from 2018-21. Colbert was a part of the 2019 team, as the Ephs went 24-11 overall and 7-5 in the NESCAC.

During the 2025 season, the Ephs were the runner-up in the NESCAC Championship, went 22-15 overall and 7-5 in the NESCAC. Williams swept Bowdoin during a best-two-of-three NESCAC Quarterfinal series on May 3-4 in Brunswick, Maine.

During his time away from Williams, he worked as a Personal Trainer at Planet Fitness in Greensboro, North Carolina, a Flooring Installer for Terry's Floors LLC in Burnt Hills, New York, and an Admission Athletic Coordinator for Bryant & Stratton College in Albany, New York.

Prior to coming to Williams, Colbert served two years as a Graduate Assistant Coach at Division III Elmira College, while pursuing a master’s degree in management. He helped lead the Soaring Eagles to their first conference tournament in program history during the 2017 season.

Prior to Elmira, Colbert was a Graduate Assistant on the baseball coaching staff at Division II Lake Erie College, where he was in charge of the team’s strength program, advance scouting and recruiting.

In 2015, Colbert coached at Pomona-Pitzer, working primarily with the pitchers. He helped the team significantly lower its ERA, which resulted in a 12-win improvement over the previous season. He also developed strength-training programs and assisted in recruiting.

From 2012-14, Colbert served as a Head Coach of the Upstate Chill 18U baseball program, a high school-age travel and showcase team. In 2015, he was the Head Coach of the Syracuse Jr. Chiefs in the New York Collegiate Baseball League. The team was comprised of college players from 15 different institutions throughout the country. The Chiefs advanced to the Eastern Division Championship Series.

Colbert began his undergraduate coursework at SUNY Cortland, where he was a two-year member of the varsity baseball program. He later transferred to Ithaca College, where he pitched for the Bombers’ team that won the 2013 New York Regional Championship and appeared in the NCAA Division III College World Series. At Ithaca, Colbert made 15 appearances out of the Bombers’ bullpen, amassing 23 strikeouts in 21 2/3 innings of work.

Colbert graduated from Ithaca in 2014 with a bachelor's degree in communications and concentrations in television and radio.