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Frank Phillips College has named Ron Frost head coach. He joins FPC for his first head coaching position after serving on the coaching staff at Vernon College. Frost also coached baseball at his alma mater Alabama State before making the crossover.

Penn State has completed their coaching staff by adding Jeff Tylka as hitting coach. Tylka had most recently served as Director of Fastpitch at Elite Baseball/Softball Training in Chicago. From 2015-2019 he was head coach at Loyola Chicago.

Mercer has named Kenneth Bellamy assistant coach. Bellamy spent the last eight seasons as head coach at USC Salkehatchie. The Indians had the best season in school history in 2019 setting a program record with 36 wins while capturing the school’s first-ever NJCAA Region 10 Championship.

After speaking with numerous candidates with head coaching experience including Austin Peay Coach Kassie Stanfill and former successful Cardinal Coach Craig Nicholson; Ball State has settled for Lacy Wood from Harvard to lead their program. This will be Wood’s first head coaching endeavor.

New Virginia Tech assistant coach Mike Lewis has scored a National Championship in OKC without even stepping foot on the field with the Hokies. Lewis competed with his team the Kegel Black Knights claiming the USA Softball Men’s Major Fast Pitch National Championship this weekend at Hall of Fame Stadium.

Montana recently received a major program gift of $110,000. The gift to assist current program needs came from William Potter a Griz Softball supporter. Potter had already gifted $100,000 that will one day establish the William Potter Memorial Scholarship to support future players.

Bucknell has named former Penn State assistant coach Sarah Caffrey head coach. Caffrey spent the last five seasons as the top assistant for the Nittany Lions. She also had stops on staff at Utah State and Texas Tech.

The National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) has announced the cancellation of their annual National Convention that was scheduled for December 9-12 in Dallas, Texas due to safety and health concerns brought by the ongoing pandemic. The event that’s brings together coaches from all levels nationally and internationally will now be held “virtually” with details TBD.

‪Former Coach Ruby Rojas is returning to lead the Mt. San Antonio College program. Rojas stepped away for the 2020 season to join the coaching staff at Auburn. She led Mt. SAC for seven seasons and two back to back CCCAA Championships in her first run with the program while compiling a 276-53 record.

Chattanooga has seemingly found their new pitching coach in Cheyanne Tarango. Guiding the Mocs pitching staff will be her first foray into collegiate coaching after working as a graduate manager on staff at Louisville from 2016-2018. Tarango played collegiality at Tennessee.