EAST LANSING, MI — Sharonda McDonald-Kelley has been named head softball coach at Michigan State University, and she brings along some Women’s College World Series experience to East Lansing .
Vice President and Director of Athletics Alan Haller made the announcement earlier today:
“Sharonda McDonald-Kelley is experienced with great success as both a coach and a student-athlete, and has a plan to help Spartan softball achieve similar results. She is a teacher of the game, with a proven track record of skill development, helping student-athletes maximize their potential as she did during her record-breaking college career. She has a wealth of experience at several successful major Division 1 programs. And with her demonstrated success of back-to-back NCAA Tournament appearances as head coach at Campbell, she’s proven she has the ability to successfully implement her approach in a short period of time.”
McDonald-Kelley guided the Campbell program to a 101-81 record over the last four seasons, winning Big South tournament titles with the Camels in 2021 and 2022. McDonald-Kelley’s teams went 50-19 in Big South play and advanced to NCAA Regionals in each of the last two seasons.
McDonald-Kelley succeeds Jacquie Joseph who completed a 30 year run at MSU by stepping down at the end of the season.
