One week after the Georgia Southern softball team’s early exit from the Sun Belt conference tournament, athletic director Tom Kleinlein announced that softball head coach Annie Smith would not be retained.
In her six years at Georgia Southern, Smith went 176-166 including a 24-29 overall record this past season and finishing sixth in Sun Belt conference standings. The Eagles lost in the first round of the conference tournament for the third straight season after finishing with a 12-15 record in conference play.
Kleinlein released a statement saying that the search for a new coach would begin immediately, and it took less than three weeks to find the answer.