Rounding Third Softball

The NCAA Division II Administrative Committee has decided the Quiet Period will end August 31. Division II will resume their normal recruiting calendars and activities September 1. The committee stated that resuming normal recruiting activities could assist Division II with enrollment management.

San Jose State seems to be making some initial moves forward with their head coaching search. Sources say an interesting name the Spartans have on their radar is former Cal Interim Head Coach Tammy Lohmann. Lohmann spent 13 seasons on the Golden Bear staff, and what would be her final season in 2020 leading the program as interim.

Longwood has appointed Megan Brown to lead their program. Brown has made coaching stops in the ACC, PAC-12, and SEC among others. She most recently served on the staff at Cal as pitching coach

Purdue Northwest has named Tristan Wilcox head coach. Wilcox takes the reigns of the Pride after serving as the top assistant and recruiting coordinator at Dayton for the last four seasons.

D’Youville has named Megan Asham interim head coach. The 24 year old Asham served as the programs graduate assistant last season. The Spartans are currently in their first year of Division II provisional membership after competing at the Division III level.

The NCAA Division I Council Coordination Committee has once again extended the recruiting Dead Period through September 30. This latest move keeps DI Softball Coaches on-campus and allows no visits or camps up to the dates of the regular fall recruiting period that begins in October and runs until the weekend before Thanksgiving. The extended Dead Period was set to expire August 31.

‪The National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) have informed their membership that the possible legislation to move the Contact Date from September 1 to July 1 will not be moving forward. A controversial and tense topic within the coaching community in the last month, the standard on legislative items of 65% supermajority of Division I Coaches was not met to move the proposal forward to the NCAA. 273 coaches from 294 programs participated in the vote with 164 coaches (60.07%) voting in favor of a change, while 109 coaches (39.93%) voted to keep the current date as is.

RTS has learned that Embry-Riddle (AZ) Head Coach Christie Ambrosi has been targeted as a top candidate by Bucknell to lead their program. She has a second interview with the Bison this week. Ambrosi, a two time All-American at UCLA, has been at ERAU for the past two seasons where she has compiled a 29-33 record.

Gustavus Adolphus has named Coley Ries their new head coach. Ries, a graduate and national championship player with the program at Minnesota State-Mankato, served the last three seasons on the coaching staff of her alma mater.

Marissa Koetting has resigned as head coach at Frank Phillips College to join the coaching staff at Delta State as an assistant. Koetting spent one pandemic shortened season with the Plainsmen after serving as an assistant at Houston Baptist.