Holy Family University Women's Softball

Murray enters her seventh season at Holy Family in 2026.   HFU has qualified for the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Tournament in each of the last five years, and the Tigers’ 19 victories in 2025 were their most since 2017.    Murray spent the 2019 season as an assistant coach at Camden County College, where she primarily worked with the pitchers, catchers and infielders, in addition to developing and leading practices.   Prior to that she served as a volunteer assistant coach at her alma mater, West Chester University, where she helped lead practice drills while putting to use practice plans that she created. She also organized softball clinics for girls aged 6-18.   A four-year member of the West Chester softball team, Murray was selected as a National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) Scholar-Athlete in 2014. She is currently the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) record holder for both career putouts, ranking seventh in NCAA Division II history with 1,692 for her career.    Murray graduated from West Chester with a Bachelor of Science in Professional Studies, with minors in Nutrition and Health Science, in 2014.   Jill Murray's Year-by-Year Coaching Record:   Year School Overall CACC CACC Tournament Notes 2020 Holy Family 3-7 (.300) 0-0 N/A Season Cut Short Due to Covid-19 Pandemic 2021 Holy Family 5-26 (.161) 5-21 (.192) 0-1 2022 Holy Family 17-33 (.340) 11-13 (.458) 1-2 2023 Holy Family 17-31 (.354) 12-12 (.500) 1-1 2024 Holy Family 14-30 (.318) 11-11(.500) 0-1 2025 Holy Family 19-22 (.463) 12-10 (.545) 0-1 TOTAL - 75-149 (.335) 51-67 (.432) 2-6 (.250)

Thompson enters his fourth season as an assistant coach at Holy Family in 205.    HFU has qualified for the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) Tournament in each of his three years, and the Tigers’ 19 victories in 2025 were their most since 2017.     Thompson joined HFU from CACC member Chestnut Hill, where he spent three years as an assistant coach. With the Griffins he prepared team practice plans and scouting reports, helping CHC increase its win total by six.   Thompson has coaching experience at both the high school and travel levels as well.    He was the head coach at Central Bucks West from 2015-20, leading the team to its first PIAA District One playoff appearances since 2002.    As a coach with Towamencin Xplosion Fastpitch Softball for 11 years, he gained experience coaching teams aged 12U to 18U and notably led the 14U team to a seventh place finish out of 78 squads at the 2021 USSSA Eastern Nationals.    Thompson received both his BS and MPA from Shippensburg University.