Amy Kyler became head coach of the Notre Dame College softball program prior to the 2008 season. She will be entering her 12th season as head coach.
Prior to NDC, Kyler served as an assistant coach for the Purdue University Boilermakers in 2006 and 2007.
Notre Dame has put together a record of 254-261-1 in her time as head coach, while going 116-104-1 in the American Mideast Conference and Mountain East Conference. NDC won three consecutive AMC tournament titles and made three NAIA appearances from 2009-2011. The program also won an MEC tournament title in 2015.
While coaching the Falcons, three athletes have earned All-American status (Anna Ball, Charisse Colston and Kelsey Coleman), one has earned conference Freshman of the Year, four players have been named the conference Player of the Year, 28 players have been named to an All-Conference team, two players have been named to an All-Region team and one player has been named named to the All-Tournament team. Kyler has also been named conference Coach of the Year by the American Mideast Conference (2009) and the Ohio Independence Championships (2012).
Success came quickly for Coach Kyler upon her arrival as the Head Coach of the Falcons. In three of her first four seasons (2009, 10 & 11) the Falcons made their way into the NAIA National Tournament, and placed fifth in 2009. She coached four consecutive AMC Players of the Year, and an All-American (Anna Ball-2008).
In 2015, Kyler's Falcons went on a magical run in the Mountain East Conference Tournament, winning the round-robin tournament as the sixth seed in the tournament. That year, she coached the 2015 Atlantic Region Player of the Year, Kelsey Coleman.
During her collegiate playing career, Kyler broke nearly every major pitching record at Cleveland State. She currently owns career records for ERA (1.35), innings pitched (728.1), wins (68), winning percentage (.624), appearances (121) and strikeouts (909). She also set single-season records in 1997 with 33 appearances, 24 wins, an 0.56 ERA, 210.2 inning pitched and 325 strikeouts.
A seven-time letter winner at CSU (four for softball, three for volleyball), Kyler was named the Midwestern Collegiate Conference’s (MCC) Pitcher of the Year (1997) while earning Second Team All-District honors as a senior. In 1997, she tied an NCAA record for single-game strikeouts, with 26 against Illinois-Chicago in the MCC semifinals as the Viking went on to win the conference championship and earn a bid to the NCAA Tournament. For her efforts in the MCC tournament, Kyler was named tournament MVP.
Kyler graduated cum laude from Cleveland State in 1997 with a bachelor of arts in both social work and psychology. A two-time recipient of CSU’s Athletic Academic Excellence Award for special academic achievement and a three-time NSCA Academic All-American Scholar Athlete (1995-1997), Kyler went on to earn her master’s degree in sport management from CSU in 2002.
In 2008, the Clinton, Ohio native was inducted into the Cleveland State Athletic Hall of Fame.
After college, Kyler pitched professionally in both the National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) league and the Women’s Professional Softball League (WPSL). She was a member of the Carolina Diamonds (WPSL) in 1997 and 1998. In 1999 and 2000, Kyler played for the Akron Racers, helping the team advance to the WPSL Championship semifinal in 1999. She posted a 7-7 record with a 1.97 ERA that season. While in the professional ranks, Kyler was named to WPSL or NPF All-Star team five times (1998-2001, 2003).
|
Overall |
Conference |
| Season |
W |
L |
T |
% |
W |
L |
T |
% |
| 2008 |
31 |
13 |
0 |
.705 |
14 |
6 |
0 |
.700 (AMC) |
| 2009 # & |
34 |
11 |
0 |
.756 |
18 |
2 |
0 |
.900 (AMC) |
| 2010 # & |
25 |
27 |
0 |
.481 |
12 |
4 |
0 |
.750 (AMC) |
| 2011 # & |
23 |
21 |
0 |
.523 |
10 |
4 |
0 |
.714 (AMC) |
| 2012 |
17 |
20 |
0 |
.459 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| 2013 |
16 |
16 |
0 |
.500 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
.000 |
| 2014 * |
24 |
30 |
1 |
.445 |
12 |
13 |
1 |
.481 (MEC) |
| 2015 * |
27 |
28 |
0 |
.491 |
14 |
14 |
0 |
.500 (MEC) |
| 2016 * |
15 |
36 |
0 |
.294 |
9 |
23 |
0 |
.281 (MEC) |
| 2017 * |
23 |
30 |
0 |
.434 |
13 |
19 |
0 |
.406 (MEC) |
| 2018 * |
19 |
31 |
0 |
.380 |
14 |
19 |
0 |
.424 (MEC) |
| Totals |
254 |
263 |
1 |
.491 |
116 |
104 |
1 |
.527 |
# = AMC Tournament
& = NAIA Tournament
* = MEC Tournament
