At Murray State
Enters her 15th season as head coach in 2027 ... Became the second head coach in program history in July 2012 ... Is the program's all-time winningest coach ... Led the Racers to their first regular-season and tournament championships and first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2022 ... Led Murray State to its first postseason appearance with an NISC bid in 2017 ... Led the Racers to OVC Tournament appearances in six of eight seasons, has made all four MVC Tournaments since joining the conference before the 2023 season ... Guided Murray State to a program-record 38 overall wins and 20 OVC wins in 2015 ... Led the Racers to program-best third-place finishes in the OVC standings in 2015 and 2019 ... Recorded her 300th career win against Indiana State on April 22, 2023 ... Recorded her 200th career win against Drake on Feb. 9, 2020 ... Coached Jessica Twaddle to OVC Player of the Year honors in 2015 and 2017 and the program's first All-America honor in 2017 ... Coached Hannah James to OVC Freshman of the Year honors in 2019 ... Has coached 17 All-OVC selections and nine All-Newcomer selections, including 17 All-MVC selections ... Has coached two two-time CoSIDA Academic All-Americans ... Has produced 119 OVC Commissioner's Honor Roll recipients, 79 NFCA All-America Scholar-Athletes and 22 OVC Medal of Honor recipients since becoming head coach in 2012 ... Her teams have twice earned NFCA Top 10 All-Academic recognition, including a third-place finish in 2013 ... Previously served as an assistant coach for the Racers in 2010 and 2011 and as head coach of the Murray State women's tennis team in 2012

Before MSU
Spent two seasons as an assistant coach at Northern Illinois ... Coached two All-MAC and Academic All-Conference selections

As a Player
Played four seasons at DePaul for NFCA Hall of Famer Eugene Lenti ... Helped the Blue Demons reach the Women's College World Series in 2005 and 2007 ... Helped lead DePaul to a 20-0 Big East record as a catcher in 2007 ... Three-time conference academic honoree

Personal
Graduated from DePaul in 2007 with a degree in sociology with an emphasis in juvenile justice ... Native of Coon Rapids, Minn.

Kara Amundson Career Record
		Overall				*Conference*			Postseason
Season	School	W	L	T	%	W	L	%	W	L	%
2013	Murray St.	25	28	-	.472	14	10	.483	2	2	.500
2014	Murray St.	32	23	-	.582	16	9	.640	2	1	.667
2015	Murray St.	38	19	-	.667	20	7	.741	2	2	.500
2016	Murray St.	24	31	-	.436	12	14	.462	1	2	.333
2017	Murray St.	36	20	-	.643	11	7	.611	1	4	.200
2018	Murray St.	16	36	-	.308	6	16	.273	-	-	-
2019	Murray St.	26	27	-	.491	16	6	.727	0	2	.000
2020	Murray St.	12	10	-	.545	-	-	-	-	-	-
2021	Murray St.	22	29	-	.559	19	15	.559	-	-	-
2022	Murray St.	40	18	1	.686	21	7	.750	3	3	.500
2023	Murray St.	33	21	-	.611	15	10	.630	0	1	.000
2024	Murray St.	24	30	-	.444	10	16	.385	1	1	.500
2025	Murray St.	21	28	-	.429	11	16	.407	0	1	.000
Totals	13 Seasons	*349*	*320*	1	.522	*171*	*133*	.563	12	19	.387
Extra Inn.		28	31	1	.467	16	14	.533	2	1	.667

Name	Title	Email Address	Phone
Kara Amundson	Head Coach	kamundson@murraystate.edu	(270) 809-3748
Ashley Gilland	Associate Head Coach	agilland@murraystate.edu	(270) 809-6629
Collin Hopkins	Assistant Coach	chopkins10@murraystate.edu
Britany Moreno	Graduate Assistant	bmoreno3@murraystate.edu
Bri Haislip	Graduate Assistant	bhaislip@murraystate.edu

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