Rounding Third Softball

Penn State has announced the hiring of Clarisa Crowell as their new head coach. Crowell comes to the Nittany Lions after eight years as head coach at Miami (Ohio). She is the winningest coach in RedHawks history going 208-182.

Illinois Wesleyan has announced assistant coach Nikki Miller has been elevated to full-time status while also adding the title of Assistant to the Athletic Director to her duties. She has served on the coaching staff for the Titans for three years after coming over from Wittenberg. Miller is considered to have an in-depth softball pedigree and family lineage. Miller is the daughter of two Hall of Fame members; Hofstra Head Coach Jay Miller and former longtime NFCA Executive Director Lacey Lee Baker.

Florida A&M officially announced Friday the promotion of assistant coach Constance Orr to head coach. Orr has been on staff for the Rattlers for five seasons. She replaces longtime coach Veronica Wiggins that retired from coaching at the end of the 2020 season after 30+ years.

Lees-McRae has announced the hiring of Kendall Fuller as their new head coach. Fuller comes to the Bobcats after 10 years of experience at Division I serving on staffs at Western Carolina and Winthrop.

West Virginia State has named Nip Anderson interim head coach. Anderson has been part of the Yellow Jackets as an assistant coach since 2004. He was an assistant at University of Charleston before joining WVSU.

Glenville State has named Sara Scoone their new head coach. The relatively young Scoone was a standout player at conference rival West Virgina Wesleyan, where she graduated and has been an assistant coach since 2018.

Louisiana Tech has announced that Maria Winn has stepped down for personal reasons after one season as head coach. Winn had ultra-successful stops at Tyler Junior College and Western Nebraska Community College amassing 699 wins before coming to Ruston. She was 8-16 with the Lady Techsters in the pandemic shortened 2020 season.

UAB has announced the addition of Scott Woodard to their coaching staff. A veteran coach, Woodard has over 30 years of coaching experience with stints at Auburn, Arizona State and Western New Mexico. He was inducted into the WNMU Hall of Fame in 2017.

‪UT Arlington has hired Matthew Alberghini as an assistant coach. Alberghini comes to UTA after spending last season on the coaching staff at Boston College. He has also had stops on staffs at Washington, Pittsburgh, and Coastal Carolina.

Tulsa has named former Oklahoma All-American Paige Parker to their coaching staff. Parker spent the pandemic shortened 2020 season as a volunteer assistant at OU. Before returning to Norman she was an assistant at DII William Jewell College.