NC State Wolfpack

Pat Conlan
	Position: Assistant Coach Experience: 2nd season

Pat Conlan enters her second season as the pitching coach of the Wolfpack. She was instrumental in the Wolfpack's successful first season as the freshman pitching duo of Abbie Sims and Shaina Ervin were among the top freshman pitchers in the ACC. Sims won ACC Player of the Week honors during the season and led the team in ERA, wins and opponents batting average. Ervin pitched back-to-back no-hitters during the season and won ten games for the Wolfpack. As a unit, the NC State pitchers held opposing batters to a combined 2.10 ERA, 456 strikeouts and a .225 OBA in 399 1/3 innings pitched.

Prior to her arrival at NC State, Conlan spent six seasons as an assistant coach with the Connecticut Huskies. In 2001, she was a member of the National Fastpitch Coaching Association Northeast Regional Coaching Staff of the Year after directing the team to the Big East championship. Conlan's Division I experience extends beyond her alma mater. She was the head softball coach at Fairfield University for three seasons, a position she gained after assisting for two years.

As the head coach at Fairfield, Conlan earned Metro Atlantic Coach of the Year honors in 1997 after leading the Stags to a school record 29 wins, a runner-up finish in the MAAC Tournament and the program's first winning season since 1988. As a player at UConn, she led the Huskies to a fifth place finish in the 1993 Women's College World Series. In that year, Conlan earned her All-American status, was named Big East Pitcher of the Year, first team All-Big East, All-New England, All-ECAC and All-Northeast. During her four years as a player, her teams captured four Big East Tournament titles, while she compiled a 55-17 career record. She also set school records for wins in a season (26), shutouts in a season (14), complete games (26) and consecutive innings without allowing an earned run (73.2). Her 1993 ERA of 0.33 ranked nationally as she allowed just 11 earned runs in 231.1 innings.

Conlan earned a bachelor of science in human development and family studies at the University of Connecticut and is working towards her master's of education.