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
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ 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 .
^ "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 .
^ McLeod, Justin (May 7, 2024). "Shelly Hoerner Out as Appalachian State Head Coach" . D1Softball. Retrieved May 22, 2024 .
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