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The NCAA Division I Council Coordination Committee has once again extended the recruiting dead period in all sports through August 31. The move now wipes out the complete summer recruiting calendar for DI Softball Programs and Coaches. The calendar for off-campus recruiting was set to expire on August 9.

Maricopa County in Arizona has announced that all Junior College Sports will be canceled for the 2020-21 sports season due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. The move cancels the softball seasons for all eight NJCAA DII teams. Currently all five NJCAA DI teams in Arizona (which include Yavapai, Pima, Eastern Arizona, Arizona Western, and Central Arizona) have not canceled their sports seasons.

UAB will waste little time filling their now open head coaching position after the departure of Jimmy Kolaitis. Sources have confirmed the Blazers will name associate head coach Joe Guthrie to the top spot. Guthrie has been on staff in Birmingham for two seasons. He has also served on staffs at Louisiana, Penn State, and Bucknell, along with serving as head coach at Marion Military Institute for six seasons.

Sources have confirmed to RTS that UAB Head Coach Jimmy Kolaitis will be leaving the program to join the coaching staff at Arizona State. Kolaitis returns to the Pac-12 after two seasons in Birmingham. Kolaitis served five highly successful seasons as an assistant at Oregon.

Utah has named DJ Gasso to their coaching staff. The relatively young coach joins the Utes after serving as a graduate assistant at Oklahoma. Gasso is son to Sooners Head Coach and Hall of Famer Patty Gasso.

Concordia University Irvine has announced that Head Coach Crystal Rosenthal has been promoted to full-time athletics director. Rosenthal has served as interim AD since March. The CUI Hall of Famer has coached the Eagles for 12 seasons.

After interviewing a list of current and former head coaches from different levels, Western Illinois has settled on Penn State Assistant Coach Alisa Goler to lead their program. Goler a standout at Georgia and with the Chicago Bandits, led the Nittany Lion offense that hit .261 in 2019 and .226 in 2020.

New Mexico Highlands has named Kevin Jannusch their new head coach. Jannusch comes to the Cowgirls after a season as assistant coach at Missouri Valley College. The journeyman coach has also had head coaching stops at Ashford University and University of the Incarnate Word.

Brandeis has named Dani Bishop their new head coach. Bishop comes to the Judges after five years as the head coach at Eastern Nazarene College where she amassed a 99-75 record while being named Conference Coach of the Year twice.

Gustavus Aldophus has announced that Britt Stewart has resigned as head coach. Stewart was the seventh head coach for the Lions compiling an overall record of 55-65 and going 26-40 in the MIAC play during her tenure.