Shelly Hoerner

Shelly Hoerner
Playing career
1993–1994Barry
1995–1996Canisius
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1996–1999Barry (assistant)
2000Valdosta State
2001–2005Barry
2006–2013College of Charleston
2014–2017Georgia Tech
2018–presentAppalachian State
Head coaching record
Overall760–687 (.525)

Shelly Hoerner is an American former softball player and head coach. She most recently coached at Appalachian State. [1]

Career

Hoerner attended Barry University for two years, before transferring to Canisius College, where she played for the Canisius Golden Griffins softball team. Hoerner later went on to serve as head softball coach at Valdosta State University in 2000, at Barry University from 2001 to 2005, at the College of Charleston from 2006 to 2013,[2] and at Georgia Tech from 2014 to 2017.[3][4] Hoerner was named head softball coach at Appalachian State University on June 22, 2017.[5][6][7] On May 7th, 2024 Appalachian State University parted ways with Hoerner who finished with a 161-172 record overall. [8]

Head coaching record

Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Valdosta State (Gulf South Conference) (2000)
2000 Valdosta State 13–38 6–17
Valdosta State: 13–38 (.255) 6–17 (.261)
Barry (Sunshine State Conference) (2001–2006)
2001 Barry 29–20 16–12
2002 Barry 44–15
2003 Barry 52–10
2004 Barry 31–18
2005 Barry 35–19
Barry: 191–82 (.700)
Charleston Cougars (Southern Conference) (2006–2013)
2006 Charleston 29–30 14–7 2nd
2007 Charleston 34–26 14–7 2nd
2008 Charleston 33–33 12–8 4th
2009 Charleston 23–26 14–9 2nd
2010 Charleston 24–27 10–13 6th
2011 Charleston 37–21 12–11 4th
2012 Charleston 37–23 14–9 3rd
2013 Charleston 37–20 15–8 2nd
Charleston: 225–176 (.561) 91–65 (.583)
Georgia Tech (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2014–2017)
2014 Georgia Tech 23–24 11–17 8th
2015 Georgia Tech 16–34 6–18 10th
2016 Georgia Tech 22–33 7–16 10th
2017 Georgia Tech 19–34 8–16 9th
Georgia Tech: 80–125 (.390) 32–67 (.323)
Appalachian State Mountaineers (Sun Belt Conference) (2018–2024)
2018 Appalachian State 17–35 4–20 10th
2019 Appalachian State 31–25 13–13 5th
2020 Appalachian State 13–9 1–2 Season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Appalachian State 27–19 8–12 5th
2022 Appalachian State 29–26 10–15 6th
2023 Appalachian State 23–28 4–18 12th
2024 Appalachian State 21–30 4–20 11th
Appalachian State: 161–172 (.483) 44–100 (.306)
Total: 760–687 (.525)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

  1. ^ Joyce, Ethan (February 6, 2018). "Hoerner, App State softball trying to figure out the puzzle". Independent Tribune. Archived from the original on March 7, 2019. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  2. ^ Strelow, Bret (June 23, 2017). "Shelley Hoerner returns to App State with eye on building softball program". Winston-Salem Journal. Archived from the original on March 7, 2019. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  3. ^ Sugiura, Ken (June 21, 2013). "New Tech softball coach has Cremins' backing". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on March 7, 2019. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  4. ^ Culpepper, JuliaKate E. (May 8, 2017). "Softball coach Shelly Hoerner's contract not renewed by Georgia Tech". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Archived from the original on March 7, 2019. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  5. ^ Behr, Steve (July 7, 2017). "New App State softball coach settles into job". Watauga Democrat. Archived from the original on March 7, 2019. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  6. ^ Behr, Steve (June 22, 2017). "App State finds new softball coach in ACC". Watauga Democrat. Archived from the original on March 7, 2019. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  7. ^ "App State Names Hoerner Head Softball Coach". High Country Press. June 26, 2017. Archived from the original on March 7, 2019. Retrieved March 7, 2019.
  8. ^ McLeod, Justin (May 7, 2024). "Shelly Hoerner Out as Appalachian State Head Coach". D1Softball. Retrieved May 22, 2024.