Cindy Ball-Malone
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | UCF |
| Conference | AAC |
| Record | 29–18 (.617) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | Camarillo, California |
| Alma mater | Pacific |
| Playing career | |
| 1999-2002 | Pacific |
| Position(s) | Pitcher |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2002-2006 | Pacific (asst.) |
| 2007 | Modesto |
| 2008-2010 | Cosumnes River College |
| 2011-2012 | Washington (asst.) |
| 2013-2014 | Cal State Northridge (asst.) |
| 2015-2018 | Boise State |
| 2019–present | UCF |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 99–116 (.460) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| Mountain West Regular Season Champions (2018) | |
| Awards | |
| Mountain West Coach of the Year (2018) | |
Cindy Ball-Malone is an American softball coach who is the current head coach at UCF.[1]
Early life and education[edit]
Ball-Malone graduated from the University of the Pacific in 2002 with a bachelor's degree in sports sciences and earned her master's in education in 2006. Ball-Malone played softball, volleyball, and basketball in middle school and high school with famed Stanford and USA softball player, Jessica Mendoza.[2]
Coaching career[edit]
Boise State[edit]
Ball-Malone led Boise State softball to their first regular-season Mountain West title. She set the school record for wins in a season in her final season at Boise State with 40 wins and led them to their first NCAA Tournament appearance. As well as a second straight postseason appearance.[3]
UCF[edit]
On June 27, 2018, Cindy Ball-Malone was announced as the new head coach of the UCF softball program,[4][5] replacing Renee Gillispie who left to be the head coach of Iowa.[6]
Head coaching record[edit]
College[edit]
| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boise State (Mountain West Conference) (2015–2018) | |||||||||
| 2015 | Boise State | 12-42 | 4-20 | 9th | |||||
| 2016 | Boise State | 14-38 | 6-18 | 9th | |||||
| 2017 | Boise State | 33-20 | 12-12 | 6th | |||||
| 2018 | Boise State | 40-16 | 18-6 | 1st | NCAA Regional | ||||
| Boise State: | 99–116 (.460) | 40–56 (.417) | |||||||
| UCF (American Athletic Conference) (2019–Present) | |||||||||
| 2019 | UCF | 29-18 | 7-8 | 5th | |||||
| UCF: | – (–) | – (–) | |||||||
| Total: | 99–116 (.460) | ||||||||
|
National champion
Postseason invitational champion
| |||||||||
Coaching tree[edit]
Played under:
- Brian Kolze: Pacific (1999-2002)
Coached under:
- Brian Kolze: Pacific (2002-2006)
- Heather Tarr: Washington (2011-2012)
- Tairia Flowers: Cal State Northridge (2013-2014)
References[edit]
- ↑ "Cindy Ball-Malone". UCFKnights.com. UCF Athletics. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ↑ "UCF's Cindy Ball-Malone cherishes friendship with Jessica Mendoza". MyNews13.com. Charter Communications. Archived from the original on 17 April 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ↑ "AFTER RECORD-SETTING SEASON, BOISE STATE SOFTBALL COACH CINDY BALL IS LEAVING FOR CENTRAL FLORID". IdahoPress.com. Idaho Press. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
- ↑ "BREAKING: UCF Names Cindy Ball New Softball Head Coach". BlackAndGoldBanneret.com. Vox Media, Inc. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ↑ "New Ball Game as UCF Names Cindy Ball Head Coach". FastPitchNews.com. Advanced Sports Media 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ↑ "Renee Gillispie Named Iowa Softball Head Coach". HawkeyeSports.com. The University of Iowa Athletics. Archived from the original on 2 January 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ↑ "Mountain West Conference Softball Record Book" (PDF). TheMW.com. Mountain West Conference. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
This article "Cindy Ball-Malone" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Cindy Ball-Malone. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.
