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Kansas Associate Head Coach Rich Wieligman is retiring. A mainstay in the collegiate game, Wieligman coached for 25 seasons with stops at Baylor, Texas Tech, Texas A&M, Oklahoma State, and UT Dallas before arriving in Lawrence. He is probably best known for leading OSU to an appearance at the 2011 Women’s College World Series.

RTS will be on-site starting tomorrow for the Athens Regional hosted at the University of Georgia. Team practices are on-tap for Thursday. Action gets going Friday as Liberty (36-23) faces Charlotte (38-16) at 3 pm ET. No. 11 national seed Georgia (39-16) hosts UNC Wilmington (33-21) at 5:30 pm ET. Check-in here and on all RTS Social Media Platforms powered by Dobbins Softball Consulting & Development for live in-game updates and onsite information as the NCAA Postseason starts from the Athens Regional.

Melanie Meuchel has resigned as head coach at Montana. Meuchel coached the Grizzlies for seven seasons amassing a record of 128-200. The 2024 UM squad was 17-33 and 1-14 in Big Sky Conference play.

Northern Illinois is not renewing the contract of head coach Christina Sutcliffe. She coached the Huskies for 12 seasons compiling 287 victories. Sutcliffe led NIU to the MAC West Division Title in 2016.

Arizona Western College has announced that Joel Prickett will lead their program. Prickett is a veteran coach of 26 years having led programs at El Paso Community College, Odessa College, and Cisco College. He has won 727 career games guiding teams to six NJCAA Softball Championship appearances.

Ohio State has released head coach Kelly Kovach Schoenly. She led the program at OSU for 12 seasons compiling a record of 367-226-1. The Buckeyes were 155-113-1 in Big Ten Conference play and advanced to the NCAA Postseason five times under Schoenly.

Missouri Western State has announced it will not renew the contract of head coach Joe Yegge.

In what has to be considered a puzzling and bonehead move by Athletic Director Andy Carter, Yegge had just finished his third season at MWSU. In those three short seasons he compiled a record of 98-62. Carter became the AD of the Griffons in 2022 after Yegge was hired.

Yegge came to Missouri Western from the coaching staff at DePaul. His name has been brought up as a candidate for the recently opened position with the Blue Demons.

Marc Benjamin has resigned as head coach at Oklahoma Panhandle State. Benjamin coached the Aggies for four seasons amassing a 96-100 record. He led OPSU to a school record in wins in a single season (35), coached an All-American Selection (Kaylie Grove), and received votes for the NAIA Top 25 for the first time in program history during his tenure.

NCAA Regional Sites and Selections

Austin Regional

No. 1 Texas

Siena

Saint Francis

Northwestern

Norman Regional

No. 2 Oklahoma

Cleveland State

Boston

Oregon

Knoxville Regional

No. 3 Tennessee

Dayton

Miami (OH)

Virginia

Gainesville Regional

No. 4 Florida

Florida Gulf Coast

Florida Atlantic

South Alabama

Stillwater Regional

No. 5 Oklahoma State

Northern Colorado

Michigan

Kentucky

Los Angeles Regional

No. 6 UCLA

Grand Canyon

San Diego State

Virginia Tech

Columbia Regional

No. 7 Missouri

Omaha

Indiana

Washington

Palo Alto Regional

No. 8 Stanford

Saint Mary’s

Cal State Fullerton

Mississippi State

Baton Rouge Regional

No. 9 LSU

Jackson State

Southern Illinois

California

Durham Regional

No. 10 Duke

Morgan State

Utah

South Carolina

Athens Regional

No. 11 Georgia

UNC Wilmington

Liberty

Charlotte

Fayetteville Regional

No. 12 Arkansas

Southeast Missouri State

Villanova

Arizona

Lafayette Regional

No. 13 Louisiana

Princeton

Ole Miss

Baylor

Tuscaloosa Regional

No. 14 Alabama

USC Upstate

Southeastern Louisiana

Clemson

Tallahassee Regional

No. 15 Florida State

Chattanooga

UCF

Auburn

College Station Regional

No. 16 Texas A&M

Albany

Penn State

Texas State

Look for Auburn Associate Head Coach Emily Carosone to be a serious name for the open head coach position at Appalachian State sources tell RTS. Carosone could be a perfect fit with the push and backing of many power players in the softball community. With the change in leadership at Auburn, and App State’s commitment to take their program to a championship level according to their administration, Carosone checks a lot of boxes.