Coastal Carolina University Women's Softball

Kelley Green finished her 16th season as the head softball coach at Coastal Carolina University in 2025. Green ended a 13-year drought in 2025 by leading Coastal Carolina to its first conference tournament title since 2012 and its first-ever Sun Belt Conference Tournament championship, defeating James Madison 3-2 in the final. Green guided the Chanticleers to a 42-19 overall record, including a 13-11 mark in conference play, highlighted by win over No. 24 Kentucky and No. 9 South Carolina. The 2025 campaign marked just the fifth 40-win season in program history and the fourth NCAA postseason victory, as Coastal defeated Howard 9-1 in five innings during the Durham Regional. The season was packed with accolades for the Chanticleers, who earned a program-record four NFCA All-Region selections, four all-conference honors, six Sun Belt weekly awards, five Academic All-District nods, the Sun Belt Pitcher of the Year award, one NFCA All-American, and one CSC Academic All-American. The Chants also shattered the school record with 93 home runs, finishing 10th in the nation. Green reached a personal milestone as well, earning her 500th career win with a 2-1 victory over Georgia State on April 11. In her 15th season, Green led Coastal Carolina to a 34-21 overall record and went 14-10 in Sun Belt Conference play, marking the first time since 2016 that the Chanticleers had a .500 or better record in conference action. Green's squad finished fourth in the Sun Belt regular season standings but fell short to Troy in the opening round on the 2024 Sun Belt Championship Tournament. For the first time since 2002, Coastal received two NFCA All-Region selections in Georgia Hood and Raelee Brabham. Additionally, three student-athletes garnered All-Sun Belt honors, and two received Player of the Week selections.  In her 14th season, Green guided Coastal Carolina to its best start to a season in program history, winning eight consecutive games to open the season. The team posted a career-best 22-3 opening record and finished the season with a 35-19 overall record, going 11-13 in conference play. Green led the Chants to the 2023 Sun Belt Softball Tournament for the fifth time in school history. CCU downed No. 10-seed Southern Miss, 4-2, in the opening round thanks to an extra innings walk-off home run however, the season came to a close when they fell to No. 2-seed Marshall, 2-1. Green's 2023 season was also marked by Delaney Keith's NFCA All-Region third team selection, as well as two All-Sun Belt honorees: Diamond Williams and Iyanla De Jesus. Green’s 13th season would see her lead the Chanticleers to the 2022 Sun Belt Softball Tournament for the fourth time in school history. The Chants made Sun Belt history becoming the lowest-ever seed to play on the final day of the Sun Belt Championship. CCU defeated No.8-seed ULM Warhawks, 5-0, in the first round of post season play before falling to No.1-seed Louisiana, 2-4, in the second round. The Chants fought their way through the elimination bracket, taking now No. 6-seed App State, 3-2, on Thursday before winning back-to-back games on Friday (May 13) first over No.2-seed and host South Alabama, 3-0, before defeating No.4-seed Troy, 3-2. Coastal fell to No.3-seed Texas State, 1-3 to end it’s tournament run. Notably, she tallied her 400th victory as the head coach of Coastal Carolina softball in the Chanticleers' 3-2 victory over Troy on May 13th.  In her 12th season as Chanticleer head coach, Green led the 2021 team to the Sun Belt Softball Tournament for the third time in school history. The No.8-seed Chanticleers were knocked off by the No.6-seed ULM Warhawks, 8-6, in the first round of post season play. During 2021, the Chanticleers were led by second-team all-conference players, Makiya Thomas and Kayla Rosado. Thomas led the Chanticleers in eight offensive categories including, batting average (.380), at-bats (158), runs (33), hits (60), doubles (16), total bases (90), RBI (29) and steals (14).Thomas was in the top 15 of the SBC as she was fifth with a .380 batting average, tied for 10th with 33 runs scored, sixth with 60 hits, tied for eighth with 14 stolen bases, fourth with 16 doubles, 20th with a .552 slugging percentage, and 13th with a .418 on-base percentage. Rosado ranked second on the the team with a .351 batting average, second with 131 at-bats, tied for sixth with 18 runs scored, second on the team with 46 hits, second with eight doubles, tied for second with eight home runs, tied for first with 29 RBI, second on the team with a .595 slugging percentage, first with 23 walks, tied for the team lead with five HBP, first on team with a .463 on-base percentage. She ranked 11th in the SBC in batting average, tied for 10th for home runs, tied for 15th in RBI, 15th in total bases, 10th in slugging percentage, tied for sixth in walks, tied for seventh in HBP, tied for fifth with OBP.      Green led the Chants to a 13-8, Covid-19, shortened 2020 season where she picked up her 700th career victory. On March 6, Green's team defeated the No. 8 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns by the score of 7-2, marking the first time a Chanticleer squad as ever knocked off top 10 team in NCAA play. In 2019, the Chanticleers reached the Sun Belt Tournament as the sixth-seed with a 39-21 record.  CCU went 4-2 in the tournament and reached the championship game for the first time in school history but were knocked off by Louisiana.      Green had three sophomores earn spots on the Sun Belt Conference’s second team; Kaitlin Beasley-Polko, Courtney Dean, Taylor Sweigart. The Chanticleers led the conference with a school record 87 home runs, 31 more more than Louisiana.  For the second straight year, Dean was second in the conference with 13 homers, two behind junior teammate, Kassidy Smith’s 15. In the program’s second season in Sun Belt Conference play, Green led her squad to a 26-28 record overall and 9-17 in conference. She collected her 300th Coastal victory on April 29th versus South Alabama. Offensively, the Chanticleers were one of the top home run hitting teams in the nation in as they averaged 1.39, which was tops in the Sun Belt and third best in the entire NCAA. Freshman sensation, Courtney Dean led the Chanticleer offense in 2018, as she batted .346, which was tops for all freshman in the conference, nine of her 15 homers came in conference play and 15 was second best in the SBC and tied for sixth most in Chanticleer single season history. Her 38 RBI was also third best in the conference and best among all freshman. Dean earned First Team All-Sun Belt Conference and Second Team NFCA All-Region. In 2017, Green led her squad to the school's seventh 30 plus win season with a 32-23 overall record and an 11-16 record in the Sun Belt. The Chanticleer's first year in the Sunbelt Conference ended with a first-round loss to UT-Arlington in the conference tournament. Taty Forbes was named First Team All-Sun Belt Conference as the sophomore concluded the regular season leading the Sun Belt in hitting with a .411 batting average. She also was tied for first in the league with 35 stolen bases and her 39 stolen bases attempts were second. In 2016, for the second straight season, Green led the Chanticleers to a second place finish in the Big South with an 18-6 record and 37-22 overall record. The 18-win season ranked third best in school history behind the 2014 (20-win) and 2013 (19-win) seasons. Senior catcher Morgan Noad made history individually under Green, becoming the Big South and Coastal Carolina’s all-time home run career leader (75) and RBI leader (217). Noad was named Big South Player of the Year and was an NFCA All-Region third team selection and was one of seven Chanticleers to earn all-conference honors. Green also saw senior Bri Chiusano become the Big South career runs scored leader and saw freshman Taty Forbes named as a top 10 finalist for NFCA Freshman of the Year. In 2015, Green led the Chanticleers to a second place finish in the Big South with a 16-7 record and 33-24 overall record. The Chants defeated Campbell in the first round but fell to Presbyterian in the quarterfinal game. Coastal advanced to the semi-finals of the Big South tournament but fell short of the title game. Led by Green, Kory Hayden and Morgan Noad were selected to the All-Big South first team. Amanda Daneker and Kiana Quolas earned second-team honors while Kailey Mellen and Annie Robinson were named to the All-Freshman team. Green saw Morgan Noad set a new program record for home runs in a season (22) and finished the season ranked 11th in the nation in home runs. The 2014 season was an especially memorable one for both Green and the Chanticleers. For leading Coastal to its second straight Big South Conference regular-season championship and the most league wins in the conference's history (a 20-4 record), Green was honored as the Big South's Coach of the Year for the first time. The Chants advanced to the championship game of the Big South Tournament and finished with a 41-15 record, the program's second 40-win season in three years and fourth in school history. Coastal also posted its highest-ever finish in the national RPI rankings, coming in 55th. Along the way, Green recorded her 500th career victory as a collegiate head coach on March 26 when CCU defeated Campbell 8-1. Green also saw Kiana Quolas pitch a no-hitter in a win over North Carolina and Kory Hayden break the school's career home run record on April 6. Quolas repeated as both the Big South's unanimous Pitcher of the Year and an NFCA All-Region second-team pick and was one of seven Chanticleers to earn all-conference honors. Quolas, Hayden, and Bri Chiusano ranked among the top 10 nationally in several categories throughout the season, with Chiusano recording the second-most stolen bases in the country. The trio was joined on the All-Big South first team by Morgan Noad and Ashley Bagwell, while Sara Rasley and Amanda Daneker were named to the second team. In her fourth campaign at CCU, Green led the Chanticleers to the Big South Conference regular-season championship - the program's first since 2006 - as they finished the campaign with a 19-5 league record and a 37-22 overall mark. In the Big South tournament, Coastal rallied to post three straight comeback victories over Radford, Liberty, and Winthrop before falling one step short of the title game. The Chants finished the season leading the conference in all major team pitching categories and offensively broke a school record by hitting 70 home runs. Led by Green, Kiana Quolas was selected the Big South Pitcher of the Year and was joined on the All-Big South first team by Kory Hayden. Ashley Bagwell and earned second-team honors, while Bri Chiusano and Morgan Noad were named to the All-Freshman team. In 2012, Green guided the Chanticleers to their most successful campaign in more than a decade as they finished with a 44-20 overall record, won the Big South Conference Tournament and notched a victory in NCAA Regional play. The 44 wins equaled the single-season school record set in 1994. The Chants finished second in the conference in the regular season and then went 5-1 in the Big South Tournament, capped by a 4-1 win over Charleston Southern for their first conference tourney title since 2006. Returning to the NCAA Regionals for the first time in six seasons, Coastal rebounded from an opening-game loss to host Georgia and defeated Georgia Southern 2-1 for its first NCAA Regional win since 2000. The Chants' season ended the following game with a 5-3 loss to North Carolina. Green recorded her 400th career collegiate victory on February 11th when the Chanticleers beat George Mason 4-3. Under Green, three Chants earned First Team All-Big South Conference honors in 2012 as pitcher Kiana Quolas and utility player Sarah Maples joined third baseman and Big South Freshman of the Year Kory Hayden. During her second season at the helm of the program, Green led the Chants to a 25-34 overall record and a fifth-place finish in the Big South Conference with a record of 7-11. The Chants had a strong showing at the 2011 Big South Softball Championship, pulling off two upsets. Heading into the tournament Coastal, who was ranked #5, beat the #4 seed Charleston Southern by a score of 8-0. In the match, Sarah Maples hit her first career grand slam. The Chanticleers then faced #1 seed Radford and pulled off the 2-1 upset. Radford was able to turn around the next day and outlast the Chants 6-5 in the rematch and the Chanticleers season would come to an end after an 11-3 loss to the Highlanders. In her first season as a Chanticleer, Green led Coastal to a 27-31 record, which was the best finish since the 2006 season when the Chants won the Big South Tournament and earned a trip to the NCAA Tournament. At the 2010 Big South Tournament, the Chants made a good run, playing four games in the double-elimination tournament, including three games on the second day before their effort came up short, falling to Liberty. Jazmin Daigle was named Big South Co-Freshman of the Year while Cacia Pierre earned All-Big South first team honors and Ashley Frederick was selected to the ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District first team. The Chants won their first tournament under Green at the CCU Softball Classic, and also tallied a win at South Carolina, the first since 2006. Prior to Coastal, Green spent the previous 10 years as the head coach at Lock Haven University, where she led the Lady Eagles to two Division II National Championships in four years, capturing the 2006 and 2009 titles and posting a 208-23 record in that time frame. In 2007, LHU was national runner-up and followed it up with a national semifinal appearance in 2008. Her coaching staff was also honored as the Division II National Coaching Staff of the Year for the second time after leading Lock Haven to the National Title and a 51-6 record on the year. She posted a 346-134 (.721) winning percentage overall at Lock Haven, the winningest coach in school history, and paced the squad to four straight Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) and NCAA Division II Atlantic Region titles. She has had three 50-win seasons in her tenure, including a record-breaking 2006 when Lock Haven posted a program-best 56 wins. The program's rise to national prominence became evident during the 2005 season, when the squad boasted a 35-10 record and the first PSAC West title for LHU since the 1988 season and earned a berth in both the PSAC and NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional tournaments. Under her direction, senior pitcher Kristin Erb was named the 2006 and 2009 Division II National Pitcher of Year and the winner of Honda Collegiate Women's Sports Award for the Top Female Athlete in Division II both years after leading the Lady Eagles to their national crowns. Green coached more than 30 All-PSAC, 12 All-Region and nine All-America players in her time at Lock Haven. She earned five PSAC Coach of the Year, five National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Regional Coaching Staff of the Year and two NFCA National Coaching Staff of the Year awards for her efforts. Throughout her career, Green has stayed active in the softball community by serving on numerous committees. From 2006-2009, Green served on the NFCA Mid-Atlantic Region All-America committee and was the NFCA Division II representative. Green also served as the coaches' committee chair at Lock Haven from 2004-2008 and was a Division II NCAA softball committee representative in 2008 and 2009. Prior to her time at Lock Haven, Green spent two seasons playing for the Virginia Roadsters, a team in the Women's Professional Softball League. Green also served two seasons as an assistant coach for the women's softball team at Penn State University from 1996-98, where she was an integral part of the Lady Lions' success and assisted in all facets of the program. Green's collegiate career was spent at Northwestern University (1992-1996), where she was a three-time All-Big Ten player, and also garnered All-Mideast Region laurels, as well as an A.S.A. third-team All-American certificate in 1995. Upon graduation, Green was the Northwestern single-season and career record holder in hits with 68 in 1994 and a four-year total of 215 base hits, as well as RBIs. In 1996, Green received the Northwestern Outstanding Senior Athlete Award, and also earned her bachelor's degree in education and social policy. In 1995, the Orange County, Calif. native graduated from the NACWAA/HERS Institute. In 2011, she earned her Master of Science degree in sports administration from California University of Pennsylvania.  

Coastal Carolina head softball coach Kelley Green has announced the hiring of former Chanticleer standout Kiana Quolas as associate head coach. "I'm thrilled to have Q back in Teal," said Green. "She is among the best our program has ever seen on the field and has gained a tremendous amount of coaching experience since graduating. She really is the perfect fit for our program. Q not only embodies the passion for Teal Nation, but her character, work ethic and competitive drive are paramount." Quolas, a 2023 inductee into the Sasser Hall of Fame, has spent the last three seasons as an assistant coach at East Carolina. In 2024, she helped guide the Pirates to a 38-win campaign, the most regular-season wins for ECU in 13 years. Quolas spent three seasons on East Carolina head coach Shane Winkler's staff at George Washington, working primarily with the team's pitchers. She helped the Colonials reach new heights as the team captured a program-record 44 wins in 2019, earned a share of the first regular season Atlantic 10 softball title in GW history as well as making an appearance in the National Invitational Softball Championship Liberty Regional. The Colonials' rapid ascent with Quolas' assistance continued in 2021 with their initial outright A-10 trophy and first appearance in the NCAA Championships. Under Quolas' tutelage, Sierra Lange became the first GW hurler to be named the A-10 Pitcher of the Year in 2021. Lange spearheaded a pitching staff that set a George Washington record and finished 18th nationally with an team earned run average of just 1.97. The staff also finished third in the NCAA in strikeout-to-walk ratio, punching out 5.60 batters for every free pass awarded. Before her hire at GW, Quolas served as an assistant coach at George Mason (2017-18) and Youngstown State (2015-17). Quolas played at Coastal Carolina from 2011 to 2015 and was a two-time Big South Conference Pitcher of the Year selection. The Oxnard, Calif., native ended her career with 91 wins, 101 complete games, 799.1 innings pitched, and 144 appearances, ranking second in program history in all four categories. Her strikeout total of 590 ranked third-most in program history while her career ERA of 2.05 ranked seventh in school history. Offensively, she finished tied for sixth at Coastal in career home runs, tied for ninth in doubles and 10th in RBIs  She graduated cum laude from CCU in 2015 with a bachelor's degree in exercise and sports science before earning a master's degree in gerontology from Youngstown State in 2017.

Amanda Daneker-McMahon was promoted to assistant coach in September 2021 after working as a volunteer assistant coach since August 2018. She currently serves as the recruiting coordinator and the primary coach for the hitters at Coastal. In 2023, Daneker-McMahon was inducted into the West Branch Hall of Fame and is recognized as one of the most highly regarded softball players to ever come from the West Branch. During her high school career, Daneker-McMahon was a three-time first-team all-state catcher for Loyalsock Township Athletics and was named the 2013 Sun-Gazette Female Athlete of the Year. She finished her career with 144 hits, 109 RBIs and 104 runs, while maintaining a batting average over .500. As a junior, she hit .603 with five home runs, 31 RBIs, and 30 runs. In her senior year, she hit .600 with five home runs, 11 doubles, 34 RBIs, and 34 runs, leading the Lancers to their first league title in five years in 2013. Additionally, she was a four-time all-conference selection as a goalkeeper for Loyalsock Township Girls Soccer, contributing to the team's 2009 state championship victory and earning two first-team and two second-team all-conference honors. Daneker-McMahon went on to become a three-time captain for the Coastal Carolina softball team. She was a two-time Second Team All-Big South catcher (2014, 2015), earned a spot on the 2014 Big South All-Freshman Team, and helped lead the team to the 2014 Big South Championship final. Over the course of her career, she posted a .307 batting average with 129 hits, 18 home runs, and 78 RBIs, despite dealing with injuries. Daneker-McMahon earned her bachelor’s of science degree in exercise and sport science in May 2017.  

Former Chanticleer standout Kassidy Smith was named a full-time assistant coach for the softball program in August 2023. She returned to her alma mater in January of 2022 to serve as a volunteer assistant coach for the Chanticleer softball program.    She spent four years on the CCU squad (2017-20) where she was named to the 2019 Sun Belt All-Tournament Team and a two-time Sun Belt Player of the Week (March 2 and 7, 2019). She was the only Chanticleer to appear in all 60 games during the 2019 season. Smith led both the team and conference with 15 home runs and had a team-high 37 runs batted in while batting .265 and notched 43 walks.    Following her graduation from Coastal Carolina, the Collinsville, Illinois native finished as the all-time school record holder with 118 walks and 41 hit by pitches while also finishing as the all-time single-season leader (2019) with 43 walks and 18 hit by pitches. Notably, Smith also sits fourth all-time with 38 home runs.    During her time as a student at CCU, Smith was the President of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and co-President of the Honors Student Council. She also represented CCU as a Sun Belt Conference SAAC representative along with being a member of the Intercollegiate Athletic Committee. 

Wall joins head coach Kelley Green’s staff after a five-year career at Indiana University of Pennsylvania (2018–22), where she was a two-time All-PSAC selection, the 2018 PSAC Central Freshman of the Year, and the 2019 PSAC Central Athlete of the Year.   The Topton, Pa., native made her mark in the IUP record book, ranking second in walks (72), fourth in doubles (42), fourth in slugging percentage (.589), seventh in RBIs (105), eighth in home runs (19), 10th in total bases (255), 15th in batting average (.337), 13th in runs scored (93), 13th in hits (149), and 20th in at-bats (442).   After completing her undergraduate degree in criminology in 2021 and her master’s degree in criminology in 2022, Wall coached softball at Palmyra High School and with the 16U and 18U Frozen Ropes travel ball teams in Hershey, Pa., before joining the Bucknell University staff as an assistant coach from 2023 to 2025. During her time at Bucknell, she coached nine All-Patriot League selections, six Patriot League All-Tournament picks, five Academic All-Patriot League honorees, and 14 CSC Academic All-District selections.