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Meet Head Coach Kathy Mangano
Kathy Mangano, who will be entering her 20th season coaching at her alma mater in 2009, is one of the top coaches in New England. The four-time conference Coach of the Year (she won it again in 2008) has won more games than any coach in the program’s history (458), and ranks among the national leaders in victories among active Division III coaches. Since the Pride moved to Division III in 1996, SC has posted a 331-219-1 (.602) mark, with five teams advancing to the NCAA tournament. Mangano has guided her teams to three 30-win campaigns since 2000 and a 41-win season in ‘01. SC has made five post-season appearances in 10 seasons, including berths in the NCAA Tournament in 1999, 2000, and 2008. The Pride also reached the national tournament in 1996 and ’97. Two of Mangano’s former stars, All-Americans Nan Duga and Ali Gerrish, rank among the leaders in Division III history in several statistical categories.
Mangano’s clubs have been very impressive since joining the NEWMAC for the 1999 season. In conference play, SC posted 14-2 marks in NEWMAC regular-season games in 2000, 2001 and 2003. The Pride reached the championship game of the NEWMAC Tournament from 2000 to 2003, and did so again in 2006 and 2008. In 2007, SC finished 12-4 in conference regular-season play and was seeded #1 in the NEWMAC post-season tourney. In fact, Springfield won its first-ever NEWMAC regular-season title in 2007. In 2008, Springfield won the NEWMAC post-season tourney the hard way, losing the first game, but then winning five straight over a two-day period. SC finished 29-17 in '08, advancing to the NCAA Regionals in Plattsburgh, N.Y. And in each of the past three years, the softball team has earned SC's highly-coveted Pride Challenge Award. Mangano was the NEWMAC Coach of the Year in 2000, 2001, and 2008 after leading SC to exactly 100 wins over those three seasons.
As a student-athlete at Springfield College, Mangano was a four-year starter at first base and a team captain in her junior and senior seasons. She posted a career batting average of .349 in 136 games and, in 1985, she hit .407 and was selected to the Converse All-America and All-New England First-Teams. She also received the Massasoit Award as SC’s top female team sport athlete and was a two-time first-team conference all-star. She helped SC to a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances (1983 and 1986).
She earned her bachelor’s degree in secondary physical education in 1986 and her master’s degree in teaching and administration in 1988 at Springfield College. Kathy also earned her doctorate's degree (Doctor of Education, Ed.D.) in May, 2007 from the University of Massachusetts. Mangano also serves as an associate professor of physical education and skills coordinator at SC.
Mangano's All-Time Coaching Record at Springfield College
| Year | Wins | Losses | Ties | School |
| 1990 | 18 | 30 | 0 | Springfield |
| 1991 | 24 | 25 | 0 | Springfield |
| 1992 | 28 | 20 | 0 | Springfield |
| 1993 | 21 | 27 | 0 | Springfield |
| 1994 | 16 | 26 | 0 | Springfield |
| 1995 | 20 | 23 | 0 | Springfield |
| 1996 | 27 | 11 | 0 | Springfield |
| 1997 | 20 | 18 | 0 | Springfield |
| 1998 | 15 | 21 | 0 | Springfield |
| 1999 | 27 | 21 | 0 | Springfield |
| 2000 | 30 | 17 | 1 | Springfield |
| 2001 | 41 | 10 | 0 | Springfield |
| 2002 | 20 | 23 | 0 | Springfield |
| 2003 | 33 | 12 | 0 | Springfield |
| 2004 | 22 | 16 | 0 | Springfield |
| 2005 | 17 | 19 | 0 | Springfield |
| 2006 | 25 | 20 | 0 | Springfield |
| 2007 | 25 | 14 | 0 | Springfield |
| 2008 | 29 | 17 | 0 | Springfield |
| 19 seasons | 458 | 370 | 1 | .553 |
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Head Coach Julie Perrelli
Julie Perrelli was been named an Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Head Softball Coach at Springfield College in June of 2009. The head softball coach at Smith for the past three years, Perrelli received both her doctorate (this past May) and her masters in 2004 from Springfield College, where she served as a graduate assistant for the Pride from the 2003 through 2006 seasons. Read more.