| Title: | Head Softball Coach |
| Email: | bkohring@angelina.edu |
Head Softball Coach Brette Kohring enters her second season as head coach of the Angelina College softball program, having made a splash in her debut season by taking her team to the NJCAA Division I Softball World Series in Oxford, Alabama. Her performance earned her the District Coach of the Year award in her rookie season at the helm.
Before taking on the head-coaching mantel, Kohring spent the 2021-2022 seasons as an assistant coach at AC. As a player, Brette spent two years as a starter on the Angelina College's Softball Team 2017-2019. In 2019, Brette was a big bat in the middle of the Roadrunner batting order, helping lead AC to the NJCAA Division 1 National Championship game, where the team finished as national runners-up.
As a hitter, Brette was one of the best in Region 14. In two years she hit at .381 clip with 12 career home runs and 24 doubles. Brette acquired a number of awards while at Angelina including NFCA Academic All-American, 1st Team Region XIV East All-Conference, 1st Team All-Region XIV, and NFCA 1st Team All Midwest Region.
Following her two years at Angelina College, Brette attended Texas A&M University where she completed her Bachelor's of Arts in Communication in May 2021.
Brette has worked with youth softball teams during her time in college, coaching 8U-12U travel softball teams in her hometown of Brenham and giving private lessons.
She currently resides in Lufkin with her dog Baylie.
COACHING APPROACH:
“The main thing would be leaving the game better than when you got here. I’ve only been out of the game for two years, so I’m still in the loop as far as all the changes.
“I’ve been where these girls are just two years ago. I feel I’m old enough to relate as an adult, but I’m also young enough to relate to them as a player. I think that will help getting players to buy in, and that’s extremely important for any program.
“My coaching emphasis basically will be, ‘100 percent effort 100 percent of the time.” You can mess up going 50 percent, or you can mess up going 100 percent. I guarantee you a mistake at 100 percent is going to look a lot better.”