Alabama A&M University Women's Softball

Brian Daley enters his first season as the head softball coach at Alabama A&M University.   Daley comes to Alabama A&M after spending the past season at Edward Waters University where he served as an assistant coach.   Before returning to Edward Waters in 2024, Daley had a brief stint at Bethany College, serving one season as the head coach.   In his second stint at Edward Waters, Daley guided the Lady Tigers to a historic campaign in 2022, where he led the program to a 32-11 overall record, the second-best record in the modern era of the program. The team was named 2022 NAIA Division HBCU Softball National Champions by the Black College Sports Network.     In his return to the program at EWU in 2021, Daley led Edward Waters to a 19-11 record and came to within one game of leading the Lady Tigers to their third appearance at the NAIA National Softball Tournament. Under Daley's leadership in 2021, freshman pitcher Milani Sablan became the first Lady Tiger in the modern era to record a perfect game, and became the first player to record 100+ strikeouts in a season. Sablan and Ivey Moreland received All-Conference honors, as well as HBCU Softball All-American nods.    Daley went back to Edward Waters last season after a brief stint as the head coach at Penn State-Greater Allegheny in 2019.    In Daley's first stint as head coach, the Beloit, Ohio, native led the Lady Tigers to an 18-22 mark and was one game shy of qualifying for the NAIA Opening Round for what would have been the second consecutive season.    As an assistant in 2017 under former head coach and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Stanley Cromartie, Daley helped guide the Lady Tigers to 27 wins. The Lady Tigers finished as a runner-up in the Association of Independent Institutions Softball Championships, and the program's first-ever appearance in the NAIA Softball Opening Round. Under his guidance, the Edward Waters Softball team raised its team batting average by over 90 points from the 2015 season.     Prior to his first tour at Edward Waters, Daley was the varsity head softball coach at Nathan B. Forrest/Westside High School from 2013 to 2015, where he led the Lady Rebels/Lady Wolverines to 36 wins.    In addition to coaching at the high school level, Daley has coached with Jacksonville Storm and Pittsburgh Spirit fast pitch organizations. Daley is also a member of the National Fast Pitch Coaches Association.    Away from the diamond, Daley is a retired detective from the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police and as Non-Commissioned Officer from United States Army Reserves. He holds a master's degree in leadership from Mountain State University and a bachelor's degree in criminal justice from Point Park University. Daley is currently working on a second master's degree from Texas Women's College in kinesiology with a focus in coaching.  

Becca Hewitt is a native of Claxton, Georgia where she attended Pinewood Christian Academy in 2009 and was a standout softball player. Primarily a pitcher but played every position, she was a five-year starter earning All-Region and All-State all five years.   She played four years of collegiate softball at South Georgia State, East Georgia State, Coastal Georgia, and the University of South Carolina Beaufort. She graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Sport Management from Georgia Southern University where she also attained her Master's Degree in Kinesiology.  Hewitt began her coaching journey in high school with the Evans County Recreation Department and as a volunteer coach for Pinewood Academy's Junior Varsity Softball team. After college, she joined Superior Fastpitch Academy, instructing pitching and hitting while coaching the 12u and 14u teams. In 2015 Hewitt became an assistant coach at East Georgia State College. She accepted the head coach position at EGSC one year later, where she led her team to a 78-46 record during her tenure form 2016 to 2019. In 2019, she took over the softball program at Middle Georgia State University, achieving a 106-60 record. Her final season saw the team’s best performance with a 43-14 record, a Southern States Athletic Conference (SSAC) Tournament win, and an automatic berth to the NAIA Nationals. In the 2023-2024 season Hewitt took over at Reinhardt University and again led her team to a 40+ win season, top 25 ranking, regular season and conference tournament championship, which brought her college coaching career win total to just over 200 wins.