Head coach Erica Beach and the University of New Mexico softball announced the hiring of new assistant softball coach Kim Reeder in September. She will be in her first season as assistant coach.
Reeder comes to New Mexico after spending the last two years with the Central Coast Girls Athletic Foundation.
“Kim is going to an instrumental part of our staff,” said Beach. “She brings a wealth of knowledge and an incredible passion for the game. She is a dynamic coach, who makes every player better and I am so happy to have her as part of the Lobo family.”
Reeder is familiar with Coach Beach’s style of coaching, as she was an All-American pitcher for Beach at Ohio State from 2005-09. Reeder, who has been a pitching instructor for over 10 years, will come into the program to help out with the Lobo pitchers which will allow Beach to expand her responsibilities within the team. She has helped pitchers get to many colleges at the next level, including Santa Clara, BYU, Slippery Rock, Washington Mount Vernon Nazarene and New Mexico.
Reeder not only has a significant coaching background, but she is very well rounded in the recruiting area. Along with coaching duties at Central Coast Athletics, she was the recruiting coordinator and liaison sending players to Division I colleges, including Portland State, UNM, Western Washington, Sacramento State and Santa Clara in the last year.
Reeder spent two seasons in professional softball, playing overseas in the Italian Softball League. In 222 innings of work in the circle, she had a 1.26 earned run average.