Sometimes social media sleuthing can be effective. During the last week of May, rumors began circulating among Arizona softball fans and on softball message boards that the Wildcats were set to hire Loyola Marymount pitching coach Christian Conrad to replace Taryne Mowatt-McKinney. With the rumors based entirely on social media follows, it wasn’t the strongest evidence. However, on Tuesday evening, D1 Softball reported that it was a done deal according to its sources.
Conrad started his path in college softball at Oregon as an undergraduate assistant under both Mike White and Melyssa Lombardi.