Jodi Hermanek

Jodi Hermanek

Biographical details
Alma mater	Colorado State – Pueblo
Playing career
1995–1999	Colorado State – Pueblo
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2000–2003	Colorado State – Pueblo (asst.)
2003–2004	Denton HS
2005–2008	Southern Utah
2009–2018	Ohio
2019–2023	Pittsburgh
Head coaching record
Overall	473–507–1 (.483)
Tournaments	NCAA: 3–8 (.273)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
MAC Regular Season Champions (2018) 2× MAC tournament Champions (2014, 2018) 3× MAC East Division Champions (2011, 2017, 2018) 2× MCC Regular Season Champions (2005, 2007) 2× MCC Tournament Champions (2006, 2007)

Jodi Hermanek is an American softball coach who most recently was the head coach at Pittsburgh. ^[1]

Coaching career

Pittsburgh

On August 7, 2018, Jodi Hermanek was announced as the new head coach of the Pittsburgh softball program. ^{[2] [3]} Hermanek replaced Holly Aprile who left to take the same position at Louisville. ^{[4] [5]} At the end of the 2023 season, Pitt athletic director Heather Lyke announced a head coaching change, and thanked Hermanek for her hard work and dedication to the team. ^{[6] [7]} Hall of Famer Jenny Allard was named to replace Hermanek. ^[8]

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Southern Utah Thunderbirds (Summit League)(2005–2008)
2005	Southern Utah	23–25–1	18–6	1st
2006	Southern Utah	34–32	21–3	1st	NCAA Regional
2007	Southern Utah	30–31	12–6	2nd	NCAA Regional
2008	Southern Utah	20–34	12–9	3rd
Southern Utah:		107–122–1 (.467)	63–24 (.724)
Ohio Bobcats (Mid-American Conference)(2009–2018)
2009	Ohio	22–25	12–10	3rd (East)
2010	Ohio	20–32	14–8	T-2nd (East)
2011	Ohio	26–23	12–8	1st (East)
2012	Ohio	28–29	14–8	3rd (East)
2013	Ohio	28–29	9–13	T-3rd (East)
2014	Ohio	32–24	12–8	4th (East)	NCAA Regional
2015	Ohio	15–32	7–11	4th (East)
2016	Ohio	37–23	14–9	3rd (East)
2017	Ohio	42–18	17–7	1st (East)
2018	Ohio	40–17	20–3	1st (East)	NCAA Regional
Ohio:		290–252 (.535)	131–85 (.606)
Pittsburgh Panthers (Atlantic Coast Conference)(2019–2023)
2019	Pittsburgh	13–40	7–17	6th (Coastal)
2020	Pittsburgh	8–12	2–4	T-7th	Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021	Pittsburgh	17–29	12–24	11th
2022	Pittsburgh	14–27	2–20	13th
2023	Pittsburgh	24–25	6–17	11th
Pittsburgh:		76–133 (.364)	29–82 (.261)
Total:		473–507–1 (.483)
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. "Jodi Hermanek". PittsburghPanthers.com. University of Pittsburgh Athletics. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
2. "Pitt hires Ohio's Jodi Hermanek as new softball coach". Post-Gazette.com. PG Publishing Co. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
3. "Jodi Hermanek Named Pitt Softball Head Coach". PittsburghPanthers.com. University of Pittsburgh Athletics. August 7, 2018. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
4. "Pitt's Holly Aprile hired as Louisville's new softball coach". Courier-Journal.com. Courier Journal. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
5. "Holly Aprile to be Louisville's new softball coach". 247Sports.com. 247 Sports. Retrieved March 11, 2019.
6. "Pitt Softball Head Coaching Change Announced". pittsburghpanthers.com. May 8, 2023. Retrieved June 22, 2023.
7. DiPaola, Jerry (May 8, 2023). "Pitt fires softball coach Jodi Hermanek after 5 seasons". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review . Retrieved June 23, 2023.
8. "Hall of Famer Jenny Allard Named Pitt Softball Head Coach". pittsburghpanthers.com. June 19, 2023. Retrieved June 22, 2023.