Murray State University Athletics
Softball
Ashley Gilland
- Title:
- Assistant Coach
- Email:
- agilland@murraystate.edu
- Phone:
- (270) 809-6629
At MSU
- Enters fourteenth season in 2026
- Joined Racers in 2012
- Assists Head Coach in all aspects of the program: Recruiting, fundraising, camps, team travel, academic integrity, and development of student-athletes
- Works exclusively with hitting and outfield
- Led program to its first Ohio Valley Conference Championship (2022)
- Led team to first NCAA Regional Appearance (2022 Tuscaloosa Regional)
- Led program to multiple 30+ wins per season (2014, 2015, 2017, 2022, 2023)
- Led Program to its first 40+ win season (2022)
- Developed the 2015 and 2017 Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year- Jessica Twaddle
- Developed programs first All-American- Jessica Twaddle
- Spent two years at Northern Iowa
- Helped Panthers win 70 games and 2012 MVC regular-season title
- Named 2012 MVC Coaching Staff of the Year with UNI
- Spent one season as a student assistant, and two as a graduate assistant at Western Illinois
- Won Summit League Championship and led Western Illinois to NCAA DI Regionals in 2008
- Played a season at Western Illinois
- Started career in Santa Fe College in Gainesville, Florida
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- Received Bachelor of Arts in Business Management and a Master of Science in Sport Management from Western Illinois.
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