Current position | |
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Title | Assistant Coach |
Team | Washington University |
Conference | University Athletic Association |
Biographical details | |
Born | O'Fallon, Missouri | March 14, 1978
Alma mater | Michigan Central Michigan |
Playing career | |
1996–2000 | Michigan |
1996–2000 | USA Women's Softball Team |
Position(s) | Catcher |
Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
2000–2002 | Central Michigan (asst.) |
2003–2005 | Eastern Michigan (asst.) |
2006 | Jacksonville |
2014–2018 | Eastern Michigan |
2024–Present | Washington University (asst.) |
Administrative career (AD unless noted) | |
2002–2003 | Michigan Sports Academy (Dir. of Softball Operations) |
2006–2013 | Powerline Softball (Owner/Director) |
Head coaching record | |
Overall | 100–211 (.322) |
Accomplishments and honors | |
Championships | |
As a Player: Drafted by the Akron Racers professional team (2000) Contents
2× Big Ten regular-season champions (1998, 1999) 3× Big Ten tournament champions (1997, 1998, 2000) | |
Awards | |
As a Player: Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Year (1997) | |
Melissa "Skeeter" Gentile is an American softball coach who is currently an assistant coach at Washington University in St. Louis. [1] Who was the former head coach at Eastern Michigan. [2]
Gentile graduated from Wentzville High School. She played softball for Michigan from 1996 to 2000, where she was four-year letter winner. [3] She graduated from the University of Michigan in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in kinesiology. She earned her master's degree in athletic administration from Central Michigan University in 2005. [4]
Melissa Gentile was the head coach of the Jacksonville softball program for one season. Following the 2006 season, on June 30, 2006, Gentile resigned as head coach of the Jacksonville softball program, her replacement would be the program's assistant coach Amanda Lehotak. [5]
On July 29, 2013, Melissa Gentile was announced as the new head coach of the Eastern Michigan softball program. [6] [7] On March 20, 2018, Eastern Michigan announced that they would be cutting four sports including the softball program effective at the end of the 2018 Spring season. [8] On February 12, 2019, a judge ruled that Eastern Michigan must reinstate two women's programs including softball. It is unclear whether Gentile will return as coach. [9] Eastern Michigan would not reinstate the softball program.
On August 25, 2023, Gentile was hired as an assistant coach for the Washungton University softball program. [10]
Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
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Jacksonville Dolphins (Atlantic Sun Conference)(2006–present) | |||||||||
2006 | Jacksonville | 22–37 | 6–14 | 9th | |||||
Jacksonville: | 22–37 (.373) | 6–14 (.300) | |||||||
Eastern Michigan Eagles (Mid-American Conference)(2014–2018) | |||||||||
2014 | Eastern Michigan | 13–37 | 4–16 | 6th (West) | |||||
2015 | Eastern Michigan | 18–32 | 6–13 | 6th (West) | |||||
2016 | Eastern Michigan | 19–32 | 9–14 | 5th (West) | |||||
2017 | Eastern Michigan | 17–34 | 3–20 | 6th (West) | |||||
2018 | Eastern Michigan | 11–39 | 6–17 | 6th | |||||
Eastern Michigan: | 78–174 (.310) | 28–80 (.259) | |||||||
Total: | 100–211 (.322) | ||||||||
National champion Postseason invitational champion |
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