2026 Softball Coaching Carousel

The offseason means that coaches are changing places. Softball America will update the softball coaching carousel throughout the summer as new faces take over new places.

Head Softball Coaching Carousel

School	Departed	New Hire
Illinois	Tyra Perry	Jenna Hall
Minnesota	Piper Ritter	Gretta Melsted
Alabama A&M	Brian Daley
Abilene Christian	Jo Koons	Larry Hays
Boise State	Justin Shults	Andrew Rich
Bradley	Lauren Gambone	Lynn Anderson
Cal State Bakersfield	Letty Olivarez/Alyssa Graham	Jenny Topping
Chattanooga	Frank Reed
Colorado State	Jen Fisher	Michelle Gascoigne
Dartmouth	Jen Williams	Hillary Smith
East Texas A&M	Brittany Miller	Rodney DeLong
FIU	Mike Larabee	Olivia Watkins
Gardner Webb	Bailey Wigness	Matt Burns
Grambling State	D’Maria Matthews	Jessica Hurtado
Houston Christian	Mary-Ellen Hall	Bert Emanuel
Idaho State	Andrew Rich
Kent State	Jessica O’Donnell
Longwood	Megan Brown	Eric Oakley
Morehead State	Megan Griffith
NC Central	Now-Allah James
Niagara	Paul Gray	Craig Leone
Northern Kentucky	Morgan Gerak	Megan Pleskovic
Northwestern State	Jenny Fuller	Jason Anderson
Ohio	Jenna Hall	Paige McMenemy
Radford	Kevin Fagan
South Dakota	Robert Wagner	Shannon Pivovar
Southern Utah	Don Don Williams
Southeastern Louisiana	Rick Fremin
Towson	Lisa Costello	Daniel Stockdale
Tulsa	Crissy Strimple	DJ Gasso
UC Davis	Erin Thorpe
Utah State	Todd Judge	Kristen Zaleski
Western Illinois	Alisa Goler
Youngstown State	Brian Campbell	Erin Pond

Notable Assistant Coaching Changes

School	Departed	New Hire
Arizona	Amber Freeman	Danielle Gibson Whorton
Arizona State	John Bargfeldt	Mitch Roberts
Arkansas	DJ Gasso	Justin Shults
Baylor	Steve Johnigan	Brad Fuller
Baylor	Britni Newman	Jenny Fuller
Cal	Danielle Gibson Whorton
Duke	Olivia Watkins	Grayson Radcliffe
FAU	Nicole Newman	Mary Haff
Georgia Tech	Erin Dixson	Jordan Richwood
Georgia Tech	Deven Boland	Nerissa Myers
Houston	Nyree White
Illinois	Brendan Goler	Yolanda McRae
Illinois	Kirsten Verdun	Jeremy Manley
Illinois	Laura Trout	Lilli Piper
Kansas	Kaitlyn Chiles	Jason Gwyn
Liberty	Kasey Fagan Graham	Kevin Fagan
Minnesota	Bailey Oetting	Kelsey Thompson
Minnesota	Roya St. Clair	Nat Wagner
Minnesota	Stephanie Lombardo	Nicole Newman
Missouri	Jason Gwyn	Matt Guemmer
Nebraska	Lori Sippel	Jordy Frahm
North Carolina	Maddie Holub	Laurin Watts
NC State	Grayson Radcliffe
Northwestern	Michelle Gascoigne
Northwestern	Tony Smith
Ohio State	Matt Guemmer	Crissy Strimple
Oregon	Sam Marder	Shannon Saile
Purdue	Jordan Richwood	Lucas Gardner
Tennessee	Craig Snider	Ehren Earleywine
Tennessee	Stephanie Sanders	Aubrey Leach-Gartner
Texas	Ehren Earleywine	Rick Fremin
Texas	Kristen Zaleski	Amber Freeman
Texas State	Joshua Trevino	Alisa Goler
Texas Tech	Hunter Veach
Texas Tech	Kayla Kowalik
Tulsa	Brooke Smart	Amber Fiser
Tulsa	Jessica Dreswick	Ryan Wondrasek
UCF	Shannon Saile	Jo Koons
UNF	Amber Fiser	Sydney O’Hara
Utah	Karl Gollan	Taylor McQuillin
Washington	Jenn Salling