Duke has hired Jessica Bracamonte as an assistant coach.
Bracamonte most recently spent six seasons as an assistant coach at Central Michigan, coaching under the legendary Margo Jonker, who retired following the 2019 season. Bracamonte served as the hitting and outfield coach at CMU, and is expected to coach the outfielders and work with the offense in her new role at Duke.
During Bracamonte’s tenure at CMU, the Chippewas have seen a dozen all-conference honorees and won the Mid-American Conference regular-season title in 2017, while reaching the conference tournament in each of her six seasons on staff. Bracamonte also tutored the 2015 conference Player of the Year and a pair of back-to-back all-region honors in 2017 and ’18.
Prior to joining the staff at Central Michigan, Bracamonte spent time on staff at Golden West College in California.. As a player at Michigan State, Bracamonte starred for the Spartans from 2008-11. She led the Big Ten in triples in her senior season, and played professionally for the Chicago Bandits of the National Pro Fastpitch league.
In 2019, the Duke Blue Devils posted a 25-31 overall record, with an 11-13 mark in conference play. The Blue Devils reached the conference tournament, losing in the first round. The Blue Devils posted a .257 team batting average with twenty-four home runs on the year.
