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Jeanne Arbuckle
Head Coach, Softball
Dept: Athletics: Softball
(740) 376-4668
Year appointed: 1987
For the last two decades, there has been one consistent face within the Marietta College coaching ranks. That person is Head Softball Coach Jeanne Arbuckle. Arbuckle, who has over 400 wins in her 22 years coaching Marietta, continues to be the driving force behind the success of the Pioneers’ program.
During her tenure at Marietta, Arbuckle has had the privilege of coaching 31 All-Region players and 49 All-Ohio Athletic Conference players. In addition to her duties as softball coach, Arbuckle serves as an Associate Athletics Director and is chairman of the physical education department. She also served as the Head Volleyball Coach from 1987-1996 during which her team compiled a 172-158 record.
In 2007, she helped lead the squad, which was ranked as high as No. 14 nationally, into the team's second NCAA Tournament appearance in school history, a second place finish in the OAC Tournament and an overall record of 34-12. In 2006, Arbuckle guided her squad, to a 33-11 record and a runners-up finish at the 2006 OAC Tournament. Her staff earned the OAC Staff of the Year award at the end of the 2006 season.
In 1996, Arbuckle's squad won the OAC Championship and went on to the NCAA Tournament, the first time a women's team reached the NCAA regional in Marietta College history. Arbuckle was named the NCAA Regional Coach of the Year in 1996 and OAC Coach of the Year in 1995 and 1996.
Arbuckle has been active as a camp clinician and coach. She serves as the director of the Pioneers FastPitch Camps and has done clinics and camps throughout Ohio and West Virginia. She is also an active member of the National FastPtich Coaches Association. She has also spent time as a member of the NCAA Central Regional Advisory Committee.
Arbuckle earned her bachelor's degree in health and physical education from Slippery Rock (Pa.) and pursued a master's degree in physical education from Ithaca (N.Y.). She taught elementary physical education for six years, during which time she coached basketball, softball and volleyball at the high school level. She also served as the softball and volleyball graduate assistant coach at Ithaca before her appointment at Marietta in the fall of 1986.