Amherst College Head Coach Jessica Johnson has announced her retirement. Johnson coached the Mammoths for nine seasons amassing a 160-70 record while also making three NCAA Postseason appearances, including a fifth-place World Series finish in 2015.
The timing of the retirement has been called into question publicly including by some of Johnson’s former colleagues within Amherst’s Conference. Hall of Fame and Williams College Coach Kris Herman took to Social Media after the institutes official announcement. Herman has indicated there was some sort of institutional investigation which resulted in Johnson’s retirement and not a resignation. Herman said coaches within the NESCAC had made inquires, yet no information had been made available about the “mysterious” move.
RTS reached out to Amherst for official comment and details of any sort of investigation, and was only referenced to the official institutional press release.