Lamar Softball/ Holly Bruder of Moorhead St. to be named

[Guest bigcat]

when will Lamar name a head softball coach ?

[bhsfan]

has lu released a list of applicants for the head coaching job

[AggiesAreWe]

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has lu released a list of applicants for the head coaching job
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Not that I know of but expect Craig S, trout and others to be on a list. ;D

[coachacola]

Holly Bruder of Moorehead State will be hired as head coach.

[bobbymcgee]

Don't get this at all. She has no ties to the area and the local recruiting connections. They needed to hire a coach familiar with the Texas softball scene.

[ForeverADog]

Congrats! I'm sure she'll be more than willing to establish plenty of connections and do a great job. Its no easy task to start a program.

[WOSgrad]

Congrats and good luck to Coach Bruder and the Lady Cardinals!

She appears to have a good track record.  This is from the Moorehead St. website:

"Holly Bruder just completed her fourth year as head softball coach at Morehead State and in a short time she has been able to re-vitalize the Eagle softball program.

Bruder's first year saw the Eagles set the school record with 34 wins and a second place showing in the OVC, the program's highest regular season standings finish in history. In 2009, her club broke the victories mark again with 35 while coming in third place in the OVC. She continued the string of success with a third place finish in the OVC in 2010 and another winning record at 27-24.

She took over the Eagle softball program after six seasons at Denison University, three of which resulted in the Big Red advancing the NCAA Division III championships.

Bruder compiled a 145-105 (.580 winning percentage) record in six seasons at Denison, including going 63-28 (.692) in the last two seasons. Also, the Big Red were 31-5 at home in 2006 and 2007. Her teams captured four North Coast Athletic Conference regular season titles during her six-year tenure.

She began her coaching career at Albion College in Michigan in 1999 and 2000 where she was an assistant coach. In her short time there, she helped transform a downtrodden program into a contender, helping guide the team into the conference tournament for the first time in three decades. From there, she spent one season as assistant softball coach and head women's tennis coach at Bluffton College in 2001, where her twin sister Heather is the current head softball coach. She helped Bluffton to the league's best record and spot in the tournament.

After a stellar prep career at Rogers City (Mich.) High School, Bruder was a four-year letterwinner and standout softball and soccer player at Alma College. She helped Alma win three conference titles and advance to the Division III College World Series in 1999, where her squad took third place nationally. She was named Second-Team All-Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 1999.

Among her other activities, Bruder coaches the USA Athletes softball teams, where she has had the opportunity to travel to Germany, Aruba and Australia as an ambassador for the game. She is also an ASA and NSA certified umpire and was on the Central Region All-America Committee from 2003-2006."

[ForeverADog]

Sounds good to me!

[WOSgrad]

http://www.beaumontenterprise.com/sports/lamar/article/Lamar-hires-softball-coach-1616697.php