Amanda Lehotak is an American softball coach who was the head coach at Penn State.[1]
| Biographical details | |
|---|---|
| Born | Bellevue, Nebraska |
| Playing career | |
| 2000–01 | Ole Miss |
| 2002–03 | Nebraska-Omaha |
| Position(s) | First baseman |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2004 | Daniel J. Gross Catholic HS (asst.) |
| 2004 | College of Saint Mary (Interim Asst.) |
| 2005 | Missouri Western State (asst.) |
| 2006 | Jacksonville (asst.) |
| 2007–11 | Jacksonville |
| 2012–13 | UTSA |
| 2014–20 | Penn State |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 328–414 (.442) |
| Tournaments | 1–2 (NCAA) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Atlantic Sun regular season (2011) | |
| Awards | |
| Atlantic Sun Coach of the Year (2011) | |
Early life and education
editLehotak played softball for Daniel J. Gross High School in Bellevue, Nebraska. She began her college career at the University of Mississippi played for two seasons (2000–2001) then transferring to the University of Nebraska-Omaha to play for two more years (2002–2003).[2][3]
Coaching career
editJacksonville
editLehotak was named head softball coach of the Jacksonville Softball Program on June 30, 2006. She was promoted from assistant coach to head coach after Melissa Gentile resigned as head coach after one season.[4]
UTSA
editPenn State
editPenn State named Lehotak the seventh head softball coach of the Penn State Softball Program on July 22, 2013. She was hired after two mediocre seasons at UTSA.[5] On July 6, 2020, Lehotak resigned as head coach of the Nittany Lions.[6]
Head coaching record
editCollege
edit| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksonville (Atlantic Sun Conference) (2007–2011) | |||||||||
| 2007 | Jacksonville | 15–43 | 4–14 | 10th | |||||
| 2008 | Jacksonville | 21–39 | 5–17 | 11th | |||||
| 2009 | Jacksonville | 24–31 | 7–13 | 7th | |||||
| 2010 | Jacksonville | 33–23 | 10–10 | 6th | |||||
| 2011 | Jacksonville | 44–16 | 18–2 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| Jacksonville: | 137–152 (.474) | 44–56 (.440) | |||||||
| UTSA Roadrunners (Southland Conference) (2012–present) | |||||||||
| 2012 | UTSA | 24–28 | 12–8 | T-3rd | |||||
| UTSA Roadrunners (Western Athletic Conference) (2013–present) | |||||||||
| 2013 | UTSA | 27–26 | 9–12 | 5th | |||||
| UTSA: | 51–54 (.486) | 21–20 (.512) | |||||||
| Penn State Nittany Lions (Big Ten Conference) (2014–Present) | |||||||||
| 2014 | Penn State | 14–35 | 5–18 | T-10th | |||||
| 2015 | Penn State | 29–28 | 9–14 | T-8th | |||||
| 2016 | Penn State | 30–24 | 14–9 | 4th | |||||
| 2017 | Penn State | 23–33 | 8–15 | 12th | |||||
| 2018 | Penn State | 9–41 | 5–18 | 13th | |||||
| 2019 | Penn State | 24–32 | 7–16 | 10th | |||||
| 2020 | Penn State | 11–15 | Season canceled due to COVID-19 | ||||||
| Penn State: | 140–208 (.402) | 48–90 (.348) | |||||||
| Total: | 328–414 (.442) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
edit- ^ "Amanda Lehotak". GoPSUSports.com. Penn State Nittany Lions. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ^ "Amanda Lehotak". OMavs.com. University of Nebraska Omaha. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ^ "Amanda Lehotak". GoPSUSports.com. Penn State Nittany Lions. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ^ "Gentile resigns as softball head coach; Assistant Amanda Lehotak promoted to head spot". CSTV.com. CSTV Networks, Inc. Archived from the original on February 23, 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ^ "Penn State softball: Lehotak named new head coach". CentreDaily.com. Centre Daily Times. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ^ "Amanda Lehotak Resigns as Penn State Softball Coach". GoPSUSports.com. Penn State Nittany Lions. 6 July 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2022.
- ^ "Southland Conference Softball Record Book" (PDF). Southland.org. SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ^ "WAC Softball Record Book" (PDF). WACSports.com. Western Athletic Conference. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ^ "Atlantic Sun Conference Softball Record Book" (PDF). ASunSports.org. Atlantic Sun Conference. Retrieved 22 February 2019.
- ^ "Big Ten Conference Softball Record Book" (PDF). BigTen.org. Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2019.