Received a note from AD Andrew Wise at Ludlow that they are looking for a head coach for the Lady Panthers.

 

Anyone with interest, please reach out to him at [email protected]

Jason called me last month saying he was going to be stepping down from head coaching duties, I thought he did a nice job in his short tenure with the Panthers.

What do they have returning?

What do they have returning?

 

Panthers lost two seniors last year, one of them being their starting pitcher. They return 4 freshmen who started varsity as 8th graders. As 8th graders, two of those freshmen probably hit close to 0.300 if not above. These two freshmen will most likely be the pitcher and catcher as well (they both have some travel ball experience). Off the top of my head, I think there will be four seniors, one being Jayna Crawford who is a fantastic shortstop and just a great athlete in general.

 

The Panthers have the issue in that there is no youth softball offered in Ludlow. If a girl wants to play, she has to play for NKB or NKYA (or another like organization to get started). That requires some parental involvement just to get the girls to practices and games. So most girls who play softball at Ludlow, don't play at all until they are in 7th grade and are on the school team. That definitely adds a wrinkle to coaching.

Gotta get a youth program started. That should be priority #1 for whoever takes the reins.