St. John’s head coach Amy Kvilhaug has announced her retirement, effectively immediately.
Kvilhaug spent the past twelve seasons as the head coach of the Red Storm, earning 281 victories during her tenure with the program. In 2015, Kvilhaug helmed the program to a Big East conference tournament championship and the corresponding automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. It was the first time the Red Storm had reached the NCAA regional round in more than three decades.
Kvilhaug and her staff were named the Big East Coaching Staff of the Year in 2017 after leading the program to the conference regular-season title for the second time in a three-year span and setting a program record with seventeen conference victories.
Prior to taking the helm at St. John’s, Kvilhaug was the head coach at Radford and served on the coaching staff at Seton Hall; Rutgers; Florida Southern; and Providence, her alma mater.
A four-year player at Providence in the mid-1990s, Kvilhaug owns seven career records in the Friar record books, including the program’s all-time mark for appearances and wins from the pitching circle.
St. John’s has named associate head coach Bob Guerriero as the interim head coach; a search for Kvilhaug’s replacement is underway.
