| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | DePaul |
| Conference | Big East |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | September 5, 1982 South Holland, Illinois, U.S. |
| Alma mater | DePaul |
| Playing career | |
| 2000–2003 | DePaul (Collegiate) |
| 2004 | Texas Thunder |
| 2005 | Chicago Bandits |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2004–2011 | DePaul (Grad. asst.) |
| 2012 | Northern Illinois (Vol. asst.) |
| 2024 | Roosevelt (asst.) |
| 2025–present | DePaul |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 16-32 (.333) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Awards | |
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Liz Bouck-Jagielski (born September 5, 1982) is currently the head coach of the DePaul University softball team. She was formally a player for the Blue Demons from 2000 to 2003.
A native of South Holland, Bouck attended DePaul from 2000 to 2003. Her career as a player was massively successful as she would help lead the team to four NCAA Tournaments and one Women's College World Series in 2000. [1] She was inducted into the DePaul Hall of Fame in 2019. [2]
After graduating from DePaul in 2003, Bouck played professional softball as a founding member of the Texas Thunder for a single season. She would also play a single season with the Chicago Bandits as a part of their inaugural season in 2005. [3] In both cases, Bouck would help lead the teams to National Pro Fastpitch regular season championships.
From 2004 to 2011 Bouck would return to DePaul and become assistant coach under Eugene Lenti. The two managed to return the team to two more WCWS in 2005 and 2007. In addition to seven NCAA Tournament appearances. For the 2012 season, Bouck was picked up as a volunteer assistant for the Northern Illinois Huskies softball team. [4]
For a decade she coached and mentored high school/local athletes in the Chicagoland area, including the Orland Park A's among others. After a brief stint as the assistant coach at Roosevelt University in 2024, the institutions final year as a Division III member, on June 11 Bouck was hired by DePaul to become the team's next head softball coach. [5] Replacing Tracie Adix-Zins after six seasons.
Bouck would finish her first season as head coach with an overall record of 16―32 (.333). [6] An improvement seen in comparison to the 2024 season as former head coach, Tracie Adix-Zins, finished 9―39 (.187). The worst in program history. [7] This is in spite of the Blue Demons losing one less conference game than the previous season, going 3―21 (.125) to Adix's 4―20 (.166).