Rounding Third Softball

Franklin College has named Angela Bain head coach. Bain spent the past two seasons as an assistant coach at Butler. Last year the Bulldogs racked up a Big East-best 15 wins before the 2020 season was cut short by the pandemic.

Auburn has named Kendall Potts volunteer assistant coach. Potts joins the Tigers Staff after pitching at both Baylor and Texas A&M. She appeared in a total of 117 games with the Bears and Aggies and closed her career with 266 strikeouts and a 37-21 record.

Davis & Elkins has named Elle Fracker their new head coach. Fracker comes to the Senators after leading the program at Fort Lewis College from 2015-19. She also served as assistant then head coach at Valley City State and worked on staffs at Oberlin and Drexel.

SUNY Potsdam has named Brianna Ferchen head coach. Ferchen spent the last year leading Plattsburgh State. Before joining the Cardinals she was an assistant at SUNY Cortland for two seasons helping guide them to a conference and NCAA Regional title in 2017.

Oklahoma Panhandle State will name Marc Benjamin head coach RTS has learned. Benjamin has spent the past few years in private instruction and as a recruiting consultant. He has had assistant coaching stops at Campbell and Southern Utah and served as head coach at Barton Community College.

Longtime collegiate and professional coach Teresa Wilson has departed Bowling Green State as associate head coach. She will be returning to the State of Washington where she will work with coaches for Envision U a private company that focuses on leadership and culture development. Wilson is best known for building a National Powerhouse at Washington for the Huskies in the early 90s. She had other head coaching stops at Oregon, Minnesota, and Texas Tech while also serving as pitching coach at Arizona for four seasons.

The University of California Riverside could consider discontinuing their athletics program due to a steep funding decline as a result of the Coronavirus Pandemic. The recommendation was made by UCR’s budget advisory committee this week. UCR sponsors 15 Division I level sports including softball.

North Carolina Central has announced that Vashion Johnson has stepped down as head coach and assistant coach Cat Tarvin has been named interim head coach. Johnson spent four seasons leading the Eagles. Tarvin has been with the program since the 2017-2018 season.

After RTS reported last month she had been targeted by San Jose State as a top candidate; Tammy Lohmann has now been named head coach of the Spartans. Lohmann spent 13 seasons on staff at Cal, and what would be her final season in 2020 leading the program as interim head coach.

Texas-San Antonio has announced the hiring of Ronnie Ladines as an assistant coach. Ladines served the 2020 season as an assistant at Utah Valley. She also spent time on staff at Akron. A standout pitcher at Kent State, she posted 20 wins and a 1.82 ERA in her senior season of 2017.