Army West Point has named Cheryl Milligan as the program’s new head coach. Milligan spent the 2019 season as an assistant coach with the Black Knights, her first coaching experience at the Division I level. Prior to beginning her tenure at Army, Milligan spent fifteen years as the head coach at Division III Tufts University. During her tenure at Tufts, Milligan built the Jumbos into perennial national title contenders, leading the squad to three consecutive national championships from 2013-15. The Jumbos reached the NCAA Finals seven times and won ten conference titles under her guidance. Milligan boasts a career record…
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Central Michigan has found their new head coach, hiring McCall Salmon last week. Salmon most recently spent the last six years as the head coach at Davenport University, helping lead the Panthers through the transition from the NAIA level to NCAA Division II. She collected a 235-63 overall record during her tenure at the school, good enough for a .788 winning percentage at the program’s helm. Under Salmon’s guidance, Davenport posted a 32-21 overall record on the 2019 season, earning a second-place conference finish. The squad finished the 2017 season with a berth in the NAIA World Series, before moving…
Texas A&M-Corpus Christi has named Kristen Zaleski as the program’s new head coach. Zaleski most recently was the head coach at Temple College for nine seasons, collecting a 413-127 overall record during her tenure. She led the program to the NJCAA Division I national championship title in 2018. During Zaleski’s tenure at Temple, the program won their conference championship on five occasions, reaching the national championship tournament four times. The Temple College coaching staff was named NJCAA Coaching Staff of the Year in 2018. Prior to taking the helm at Temple, Zaleski spent the 2006 season as a graduate assistant…
Minot State has hired former Augustana assistant coach Nat Wagner as their new head coach. Most recently, Wagner spent three seasons as an assistant coach at Augustana and was part of the coaching staff that led the Vikings to the 2019 national championship title. During his tenure, the Vikings posted a 143-42 overall record and appeared in the NCAA tournament in all three seasons. Serving as the hitting coach and first-base coach for Augustana, Wagner helped the program to record-breaking marks in a number of statistical categories, including batting average and runs scored. Prior to his tenure at Augustana, Wagner…
Andy Lee has been named the new head coach at Northwest Florida State College, an NJCAA Division I program, the school announced earlier in June. Lee spent the last eleven seasons as the head coach at LSU-Eunice, an NJCAA Division II school in Louisiana. Lee turned the Bengals into a perennial championship contender and postseason powerhouse, with nine NJCAA national tournament appearances and six national championships to the program’s credit during his tenure. During his tenure at LSU-E, Lee amassed a 582-107 overall record and led the program to the national championship in 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, and 2019.…
Jessica Jones has been named the permanent head coach at SIU-Edwardsville, the school announced on Thursday. Jones spent the 2019 season as the interim head coach after taking over for program architect Sandy Montgomery last summer. The Cougars finished the 2019 season with a 16-28 overall record. SIUE Athletic Director Brad Hewitt, quoted in the university release on Thursday, said, “Jessica had great experience and we were fortunate to be able to hire her by in 2014. Coach Montgomery and I both said after Jessica interviewed for our position that she could be the future of SIUE Softball. With her demonstrated passion…
The end of the 2019 season marked the final curtain on the illustrious collegiate careers of Louisiana Tech pitchers Preslee Gallaway and Krystal De La Cruz. But as the stellar pair of Lady Techsters saw their careers in Ruston come to an end, the man who presided over many a bullpen session with the duo also closed a book of his own. Mike Forsythe, a decorated and well-known pitching coach who spent four years in Ruston, retired with the conclusion of the 2019 season. A longtime coach who spent time on staff at schools across the country, as well as…
Candi Letts will not return as head coach at Idaho State. Letts finished her fourth season leading the Bengals with the conclusion of the 2019 season, collecting a 79-111 overall record during her tenure. The squad went 38-38 in Big Sky conference matchups in her four years at the helm. In a news release referenced by the Idaho State Journal, Idaho State athletic director Pauline Semons Thiros was quoted as stating, “In evaluating the comprehensive state of ISU women’s softball, it is in the best interest of the program to make a change. We appreciate coach Letts’ passionate investment in the program…
Jeff Tylka will not return as head coach of Loyola Chicago in 2020, a university spokesperson confirmed to JWOS this week. In a single-sentence statement, the spokesperson said, “Coach Tylka will not be returning to lead our program in 2020.” Tylka spent five seasons at the helm of the Ramblers, collecting a 111-141 record during his tenure, including a 37-89 mark in Missouri Valley Conference play. The Ramblers twice met or surpassed the .500 mark with their overall record, including a 25-25 showing during the 2019 season. Before being named to the head coaching position, Tylka spent three seasons as…
When Southeast Missouri’s softball team clinched a berth in the NCAA tournament this season, it was the first time in two decades that the Redhawks would play in the Regional round of the postseason. The long-awaited return to postseason play invigorated the team’s fanbase, many of whom followed the team to Oxford, Mississippi on the program’s first postseason trip since 1999. As the Redhawks took to the field for the regional opener, a full section of the bleachers donned SEMO gear. The team’s fans made themselves known, cheering loudly and often for their beloved Redhawks. On the front row of…