Ball State University Athletics
Stephanie DeFeo Named Assistant Softball Coach
August 29, 2006 | Softball
Stephanie DeFeo, the former head softball coach at North Carolina Greensboro and East Tennessee State, begins her first season as the assistant softball coach at Ball State University.
DeFeo spent the 2005-06 season as the sole proprietor and manager of All-American Softball Clinics, where she provided private lessons for hitting, pitching, catching and fielding. In addition, she conducted private clinics for summer teams, middle school and high school programs.
From 2002-05, DeFeo was the head coach at North Carolina Greensboro and compiled a 68-48 overall record. In her first season, UNC-Greensboro set a school and Southern Conference record with 57 home runs. In her two years as the head coach, DeFeo tutored the 2003 Southern Conference Player of the Year and six all-conference student-athletes.
DeFeo developed a first-year softball program at East Tennessee State where she was the head coach from 2000-02.
Prior to East Tennessee State, DeFeo was an assistant at Buffalo (1999-2000), Texas San Antonio (1998-99) and Southeastern Louisiana (1997).
As a collegiate student-athlete, DeFeo earned a bachelor's degree from Louisiana Lafayette in 1997 where she was a three-time National Fast Pitch Coaches Association All-American and a three-time College Sports Information Directors of America Academic All-American. She set school records for home runs in a single season (15), home runs in a career (43), slugging percentage in a career (.676) and runs-batted-in in a career (187).
After completing her collegiate playing career, DeFeo played for the Orlando Wahoos in the Women's Professional Softball League in the summer of 1997, plus played for the Durham Dragons in the summers of 1998 and 1999.
