Amanda Lehotak | |
Birth Place: | Bellevue, Nebraska |
Player Years1: | 2000–2001 |
Player Team1: | Ole Miss |
Player Years2: | 2002–2003 |
Player Team2: | Nebraska-Omaha |
Player Positions: | First baseman |
Coach Years1: | 2004 |
Coach Team1: | Daniel J. Gross Catholic HS (asst.) |
Coach Years2: | 2004 |
Coach Team2: | College of Saint Mary (Interim Asst.) |
Coach Years3: | 2005 |
Coach Team3: | Missouri Western State (asst.) |
Coach Years4: | 2006 |
Coach Team4: | Jacksonville (asst.) |
Coach Years5: | 2007–2011 |
Coach Team5: | Jacksonville |
Coach Years6: | 2012–2013 |
Coach Team6: | UTSA |
Coach Years7: | 2014–2020 |
Coach Team7: | Penn State |
Tournament Record: | 1–2 (NCAA) |
Championships: | Atlantic Sun regular season (2011) |
Awards: | Atlantic Sun Coach of the Year (2011) |
Amanda Lehotak is an American softball coach who was the head coach at Penn State.[1]
Lehotak played softball for Daniel J. Gross High School in Bellevue, Nebraska. She began her college career at the University of Mississippi played for two seasons (2000–2001) then transferring to the University of Nebraska-Omaha to play for two more years (2002–2003).[2] [3]
Lehotak was named head softball coach of the Jacksonville Softball Program on June 30, 2006. She was promoted from assistant coach to head coach after Melissa Gentile resigned as head coach after one season.[4]
Penn State named Lehotak the seventh head softball coach of the Penn State Softball Program on July 22, 2013. She was hired after two mediocre seasons at UTSA.[5] On July 6, 2020, Lehotak resigned as head coach of the Nittany Lions.[6]