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Title
  
Head coach

2002–2013
  
Penn State (asst.)

2015–present
  
Connecticut


Position(s)
  
3B

1995–1998
  
Penn State

Name
  
Jen McIntyre

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2014
  
Boston University (asst.)

Team
  
Connecticut Huskies softball

Conference
  
American Athletic Conference

Jen McIntyre on Opening Weekend


Jen McIntyre is an American college softball coach, currently serving as head coach of the Connecticut Huskies softball team. She was named to that position prior to the 2015 season.

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Playing career

McIntyre played at Penn State from 1995 to 1998, where she was the starting third baseman for all four years. She was team MVP as a junior, and a captain in her senior year. She was named a 1997 Academic All-American, and was a three time Academic All-Big Ten selection. McIntyre is sixth all-time in stolen bases.

Coaching career

In 2000, McIntyre became an assistant at Indiana, where she remained for two seasons. She then returned to her alma mater, Penn State for 12 seasons, rising to the position of associate head coach, and helping the Nittany Lions to 6 NCAA Division I Softball Championship appearances. Next, McIntyre served as associate head coach at Boston University for only one season. In that season, the Terriers won the Patriot League Softball Tournament and recorded a win in the NCAA Tournament against Louisville. On July 7, 2014, she was named head coach at Connecticut, succeeding legendary coach Karen Mullins. In her first season, the Huskies finished 18–35.

References

Jen McIntyre Wikipedia