Auburn great and former All-American Emily Carosone has joined the coaching staff at Troy.

Taylor Smartt is the new head coach at UAB. She spent the last two years on staff at Florida Atlantic and also spent nearly a decade on staff at Troy, her alma mater.

Oklahoma Christian, a Division II program in Edmond, Oklahoma, has added Sydney Sherrill as an assistant coach.Sherrill spent the last two seasons on staff at Grand Canyon, serving as a volunteer assistant coach in 2023 before being promoted to an assistant coaching role in 2024. Coaching Staff Complete! Please welcome @EliciaEspinosa and @sydneysherrilll as they join our staff for the 2024-2025 season!🦅😎 #TalonsUp pic.twitter.com/uqIQqJ1Zad— OC […]

DePaul has hired Christina Sutcliffe as an assistant coach.Sutcliffe, who will hold the title of associate head coach, spent the last twelve years as the head coach at Northern Illinois, collecting a 287-324 overall record and a 132-145 mark in Mid-American Conference play during her tenure.Prior to her tenure in Dekalb, Sutcliffe spent seven seasons on staff at Miami Ohio and also spent three years […]

Alabama A&M has hired Brian Daley as the program’s new head coach.Daley spent the 2024 season on staff at Edward Waters, a Division II school in Jacksonville, Florida.In 2023, Daley was the head coach at Division III Bethany College. He led that program to an 8-21-1 overall record that season, with an 8-10 conference showing.Previously, Daley spent four years as the head coach at Edward […]

Jacksonville State head coach Jana McGinnis is stepping down from her post. McGinnis confirmed her departure to The Anniston Star in Alabama. The school officially announced her retirement on Monday afternoon.The longtime head coach is leaving coaching in order to spend more time with her family. She spent 31 years as the Gamecocks’ leader, collecting a 1038-607 overall record during her tenure. A letter to […]

Minnesota has hired Roya St. Clair as an assistant coach.St. Clair spent the past two seasons on staff at Texas Tech, working with the Red Raider hitters and infield defense. In 2024, her infield ranked in the top-20 nationally in double plays per game and set a program record with three double plays in one game in early April.Prior to her tenure in Lubbock, St. […]

Jen Deering is returning to Berkeley, hired as the new assistant coach at Cal. She played for the Bears and was part of the 2002 national championship team.

James Madison pitching coach Libby Bowman is departing her post.Bowman, who spent seven seasons on the Dukes’ staff, is stepping away in order to spend more time with her family, per sources.During her tenure as the Dukes’ pitching coach, Bowman tutored some of the best arms to come through the JMU program. Megan Good, Odicci Alexander, Alissa Humphrey, and Payton Buresch were among the hurlers […]

Hitting coach Josh Bloomer is joining the coaching staff at Arizona State. He spent the 2024 season just down the road at archrival Arizona, helping lead the Wildcats to a Super Regional berth.

Northern Kentucky has promoted Morgan Gerak to head coach. Gerak was previously an assistant coach on the Norse staff. Gerak spent the last two seasons as an assistant coach at NKU, serving as the program’s pitching staff. During her tenure, the Norse recorded the program’s first-ever wins over a Power Five opponent and reached the NCAA tournament for the first time in 2023.“We are thrilled […]

Georgia Tech has hired Megan Hill as an assistant coach. She spent the last two years on staff at Campbell and enjoyed a stellar playing career at Southern Miss.

Brown has hired Mary Holt-Kelsch as head coach. Holt-Kelsch spent the last three seasons as head coach at Rhode Island College, posting a 62-45 overall record during her tenure with a 24-24 mark in conference play. During the 2024 season, RIC made their first conference championship appearance in nearly a decade and won 31 games.“We are thrilled to welcome Mary to College Hill,” Brown athletic […]

In this Coaching Carousel Notebook, catch up on transaction news; some fun notes and tie-ins; and, of course, exclusive scoop.

Radford has hired Kevin Fagan as the program’s new head coach.Fagan spent the last four years as the head coach at Emmanuel College. He posted a 121-96 overall record during his tenure, with a 52-38 showing in conference play. The 2024 edition of the Lions, under Fagan’s shepherding, led their conference in a number of offensive categories, including batting average; runs scored; RBIs; and hits.Prior […]

Softball legend Keilani Ricketts Tumanuvao is joining the coaching staff at Pacific and will guide the Tigers’ pitchers.

Northwestern State has hired Jenny Fuller as the program’s new head coach. She spent the last three years leading Pitt State.

Monmouth has hired Morgan Royer as the program’s new head coach. She spent the last three years on staff at UMass and previously coached at Marist and Penn.

Notre Dame has hired Boo Gillette De Oliveira as the program’s new pitching coach. She spent seven seasons as head coach at Purdue from 2017-23.

Danielle O’Toole-Trejo is the new pitching coach at Stanford, the school announced on Monday. O’Toole-Trejo spent the 2024 season as the pitching coach at Cal, leading the Bears’ bullpen to a 3.06 staff ERA.“Danielle is a rising star in the softball world,” Stanford head coach Jessica Allister said. “As a head coach you always keep an unofficial list of candidates should an opening occur. Danielle […]

Pacific has named Sam Duran-Kukuk as the program’s new head coach.Duran-Kukuk spent the last three seasons on staff at Utah Valley; in 2024, she was part of the staff that led the Wolverines to a 10-year high in wins.“After meeting with Coach Sam, one thing was overwhelmingly clear to us: this is an absolute star and someone that we need to have as a Pacific […]

Charlotte’s new assistant coaches are Jake Combs and Alyssa Bilodeau, both of whom have previously worked with first-year head coach Courtney Breault.

LSU has signed head coach Beth Torina to a contract extension, D1Softball has confirmed.The new pact adds two years to her existing deal and will stretch through the 2028 season. Torina enters her 14th season at the helm in Baton Rouge with the 2025 campaign.During her time at LSU, Torina owns more than 500 wins and set the program’s career wins record with her 527th […]

The Ragin Cajuns have hired Alyson Habetz as the program’s new head coach. A program alum and Hall of Famer, Habetz spent 25 years on staff at Alabama from 1998-2023.

Chris Stelma has been named the new head coach at Oakland. He spent the last eight years leading the program at Saint Peter’s.

Charlotte has hired Courtney Breault as the program’s new head coach.Breault spent the last five seasons on staff at Clemson; she had been part of the Tigers’ staff since July 2018 and took part in the formation of the program ahead of their first-ever game in 2020. While at Clemson, Breault was part of the staff that led the Tigers to a pair of Super […]

Today’s episode looks at the biggest moves made. We’ll also re-air our interview from Thursday’s In The Circle Live with Iowa State Head Coach Jamie Pinkerton.

Chris and Kate Malveaux are the new co-head coaches at Auburn. The couple spent the last three years on the coaching staff at Tennessee.

Louisiana Tech head coach Josh Taylor has signed a contract extension.The new pact will keep Taylor at the helm of the Bulldogs’ program through the 2029 season. He enters his 4th year leading the program in 2025.During his three seasons in Ruston, Taylor owns 103 wins and led the squad to the Conference USA regular-season title in 2022. Under his guidance, the Bulldogs have recorded […]