Amanda Lehotak

Amanda Lehotak

Biographical details
Born	Bellevue, Nebraska, U.S.
Playing career
2000–01	Ole Miss
2002–03	Nebraska-Omaha
Position(s)	First baseman
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2004	Daniel J. Gross Catholic HS (asst.)
2004	College of Saint Mary (Interim Asst.)
2005	Missouri Western State (asst.)
2006	Jacksonville (asst.)
2007–11	Jacksonville
2012–13	UTSA
2014–20	Penn State
Head coaching record
Overall	328–414 (.442)
Tournaments	1–2 (NCAA)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
Atlantic Sun regular season (2011)
Awards
Atlantic Sun Coach of the Year (2011)

Amanda Lehotak is an American softball coach who was the head coach at Penn State. ^[1]

Early life and education

Lehotak played softball for Daniel J. Gross High School in Bellevue, Nebraska. She began her college career at the University of Mississippi played for two seasons (2000–2001) then transferring to the University of Nebraska-Omaha to play for two more years (2002–2003). ^{[2] [3]}

Coaching career

Jacksonville

Lehotak was named head softball coach of the Jacksonville Softball Program on June 30, 2006. She was promoted from assistant coach to head coach after Melissa Gentile resigned as head coach after one season. ^[4]

Penn State

Penn State named Lehotak the seventh head softball coach of the Penn State Softball Program on July 22, 2013. She was hired after two mediocre seasons at UTSA. ^[5] On July 6, 2020, Lehotak resigned as head coach of the Nittany Lions. ^[6]

Head coaching record

College

References: ^{[7] [8] [9] [10]}

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Jacksonville (Atlantic Sun Conference)(2007–2011)
2007	Jacksonville	15–43	4–14	10th
2008	Jacksonville	21–39	5–17	11th
2009	Jacksonville	24–31	7–13	7th
2010	Jacksonville	33–23	10–10	6th
2011	Jacksonville	44–16	18–2	1st	NCAA Regional
Jacksonville:		137–152 (.474)	44–56 (.440)
UTSA Roadrunners (Southland Conference)(2012–present)
2012	UTSA	24–28	12–8	T-3rd
UTSA Roadrunners (Western Athletic Conference)(2013–present)
2013	UTSA	27–26	9–12	5th
UTSA:		51–54 (.486)	21–20 (.512)
Penn State Nittany Lions (Big Ten Conference)(2014–Present)
2014	Penn State	14–35	5–18	T-10th
2015	Penn State	29–28	9–14	T-8th
2016	Penn State	30–24	14–9	4th
2017	Penn State	23–33	8–15	12th
2018	Penn State	9–41	5–18	13th
2019	Penn State	24–32	7–16	10th
2020	Penn State	11–15			Season canceled due to COVID-19
Penn State:		140–208 (.402)	48–90 (.348)
Total:		328–414 (.442)
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

References

1. "Amanda Lehotak". GoPSUSports.com. Penn State Nittany Lions. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
2. "Amanda Lehotak". OMavs.com. University of Nebraska Omaha. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
3. "Amanda Lehotak". GoPSUSports.com. Penn State Nittany Lions. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
4. "Gentile resigns as softball head coach; Assistant Amanda Lehotak promoted to head spot". CSTV.com. CSTV Networks, Inc. Archived from the original on February 23, 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
5. "Penn State softball: Lehotak named new head coach". CentreDaily.com. Centre Daily Times. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
6. "Amanda Lehotak Resigns as Penn State Softball Coach". GoPSUSports.com. Penn State Nittany Lions. July 6, 2020. Retrieved September 1, 2022.
7. "Southland Conference Softball Record Book" (PDF). Southland.org. SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
8. "WAC Softball Record Book" (PDF). WACSports.com. Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
9. "Atlantic Sun Conference Softball Record Book" (PDF). ASunSports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved February 22, 2019.
10. "Big Ten Conference Softball Record Book" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2019. Retrieved February 22, 2019.