Muhlenberg college

Coaching Staff:

Head Coach Marisa DeStasio

Marisa DeStasio was hired as head coach of the Muhlenberg softball team for the 2011 season after spending 2010 as an assistant with the Mules.

In her first season, DeStasio led the Mules - who were picked fifth in the preseason poll - to the Centennial Conference championship and a berth in the NCAA Tournament. The Mules won 25 games (one short of the school record) and shattered school records for runs, doubles, home runs and extra-base hits in a season. One of DeStasio's players was a third-team Academic All-American and CC player of the year.

Prior to coming to Muhlenberg, DeStasio spent the past three years as an assistant at Lafayette, helping the Leopards to a school-record 27 wins in 2008 and their first two appearances in the Patriot League championship game in 2008 and 2009. In 2006 DeStasio was an assistant at MacMurray College in Illinois, where she also served on the event management staff.

A four-year starter at multiple positions at Binghamton University, she was named All-America East Conference second team in 2003 as a utility player. She is the Bearcats' all-time leader with 34 sacrifice hits and also ranks in the top five in career stolen bases (tied for third, 19); runs (fourth, 60); hits (fifth, 114); games played (fifth, 160) and at-bats (second, 493).

DeStasio graduated from Binghamton in 2005 with a degree in human development and received her master's in athletic coaching education from West Virginia in 2008.

Assistant Coach Larry Briody

Larry Briody brings more than 10 years of experience to the Mule coaching staff. A 1973 graduate of Ursinus College, he currently works as an oncology sales specialist for Millennium Pharmaceuticals. Briody has coached some of the most competitive traveling teams in the Lehigh Valley and has also served as an assistant on the Division I level at Coppin State University.

Assistant Coach Holly Jones

Holly Jones is a 2009 graduate of Elizabethtown College. She played both infield and outfield for the Blue Jays and was captain during the 2009 season. Jones was also a member of the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC). After graduating, she began her master's degree in clinical counseling at Chestnut Hill College. Jones is currently completing her graduate internship at Muhlenberg College Counseling Services, where she works with students as well as Muhlenberg's Student Athlete Mentors, and is scheduled to complete her degree in May 2012.

Assistant Coach Krysta Pidstawski-Wolf

Krysta Pidstawski-Wolf was a four year standout pitcher at Parkland High School and the University of Delaware. She ranks in the top 10 in many categories for the Blue Hens and finished with a career ERA of 2.19. In 1999, Pidstawski-Wolf was the America East and UD female scholar athlete of the year. Currently Pidstawski-Wolf is in her ninth year teaching senior economics at William Allen High School. She also was an assistant coach at Emmaus High School for three years.