What could have been a negative in Marlee Wilson's collegiate softball life, actually turned into a huge plus and helped her decide that coaching softball was a good career move.
Having a highly successful softball-coaching mom as an influence didn't hurt, either.
Wilson is Western Michigan University's newest head coach, having been hired in August to lead the softball program. Her resume of assistant coaching success at Tennessee-Martin and Dayton brought her to WMU as an assistant coach in 2022 where she had success as a player from 2014-18.
The former Western Michigan standout, however, had an injury just prior to the start of the 2016 season and was out the entire year.