July 20, 2005

Assistant Coach Kim Staehle joins Head Coach Pat Conlan as they lead Georgetown's team in its inaugural season of women's fastpitch softball.

Staehle comes to Georgetown with over nine years of collegiate coaching experience, amassing an overall head coaching record of 131-176-1. Most recently, Staehle served as head softball coach at the University of Rhode Island from 1999-2002. In three seasons with the Rams, she compiled a 78-87-1 record, highlighted by back-to-back Atlantic-10 Tournament Runner-Up performances in 2001 and 2002. During her three-year stint, Staehle developed many all-conference and all-tournament athletes.

Staehle's held her first head coaching position at St. John's from 1996-1999. In her first season as Head Coach of the Red Storm, Staehle took over a program that had gone 4-34 and helped her team to improve to 16 wins over the next season, which sparked a program turn-around. In three seasons, she achieved a 53-89 overall record and started the St. John's Softball Homerun Club. She also served as Director of Recreational and Intramural sports.

Prior to her time at St. John's, Staehle was Assistant Coach at Hofstra for one year and the University of Connecticut for two years, where the Huskies won the BIG EAST Championship in 1995.

Staehle played her college softball with Coach Conlan at the University of Connecticut from 1990 to 1993, capturing consecutive BIG EAST Regular Season and All-Tournament Championships each year. In addition, she helped lead her team to the program's first NCAA Regional Championship and Women's College World Series berth in 1993, finishing tied for fifth in the country.

A native of East Lyme, CT, Staehle received her Bachelor of Science degree in Human Development and Family Relations from the University of Connecticut in 1993. She currently resides in Arlington, VA.