Aileen Morales

Last updated
Aileen Morales
Current position
TitleHead coach
Team Georgia Tech
Conference ACC
Record28–26 (.519)
Biographical details
Born (1987-04-05) April 5, 1987 (age 36)
Columbus, Georgia
Alma mater Georgia Tech
Playing career
2005–2008 Georgia Tech
2007–2010 Puerto Rico National Team
Position(s)Shortstop
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
College Softball
2009 Georgia Tech (Student asst.)
2010–2013 Georgia Tech (asst.)
2014–2015 Young Harris
2016–2017 Radford
2018–present Georgia Tech
National Softball
2012 Puerto Rico National Team (asst.)
Head coaching record
Overall141–131 (.518)

Aileen Rae Morales is an American softball coach who is the current head coach at Georgia Tech. [1]

Contents

Coaching career

Young Harris

On June 18, 2013, Aileen Morales was announced as the new head coach of the Young Harris softball program. [2]

Radford

On June 26, 2015, Aileen Morales was announced as the new head coach of the Radford softball program. [3]

Georgia Tech

On June 7, 2017, Aileen Morales was announced as the new head coach of the Georgia Tech softball program. [4] [5]

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview
SeasonTeamOverallConferenceStandingPostseason
Young Harris Mountain Lions (Peach Belt Conference)(2014–2015)
2014Young Harris 20–338–1210th
2015Young Harris 31–1814–105th
Young Harris:51–51 (.500)22–22 (.500)
Radford Highlanders (Big South Conference)(2016–2017)
2016 Radford 35–2613–114th
2017 Radford 27–288–136th
Radford:62–54 (.534)21–24 (.467)
Georgia Tech (Atlantic Coast Conference)(2018–Present)
2018 Georgia Tech 28–2613–11T-3rd (Coastal)
2019 Georgia Tech 31–2711–134th (Coastal)
2020 Georgia Tech 12–112–1T-4thSeason canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Georgia Tech 20–2615–179th
2022 Georgia Tech 38–1811–137th NCAA Regional
2023 Georgia Tech 0–00–0
Georgia Tech:129–108 (.544)52–55 (.486)
Total:242–213 (.532)

      National champion        Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion        Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion      Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

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