Dressed in ULM embroidered sweats and a ball cap to match, ULM’s new softball coach instructs her team with an energy of appreciation and confidence.
That energy and confidence are what made new head softball coach, Molly Fichtner, the right person for the job.
The former academic All-American and second-team All-SEC catcher spent just four seasons as an assistant before becoming the Warhawks’s seventh all-time coach.
The job was a shocking opening when former coach Corey Lyon left the program to join Marshall University’s coaching staff in Aug. 2018.
“Dr. [Nick] Bruno thought it was important to open the coaching search when coach Lyon left.