Amy Kvilhaug is an American, former collegiate right-handed softball pitcher and current Head Coach originally from Taunton, Massachusetts. She is the coach at Boston College. Kvilhaug played softball at for the Providence Friars and was named the 1993 Rooke of The Year and was also a All-Big East Conference selection.

Amy Kvilhaug
Current position
TitleHead coach
TeamBoston College
ConferenceACC
Record96–123 (.438)
Biographical details
Alma materProvidence
Playing career
1993–1996Providence
Position(s)Pitcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
1997Florida Southern (asst.)
1998Rutgers (asst.)
1999Seton Hall (asst.)
2000–2002Providence (asst.)
2003–2006Radford
2007–2018St. John's
2020–PresentBoston College
Head coaching record
Overall504–571 (.469)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
  • Big East Regular Season Champions (2015, 2017)
  • Big East Tournament Champions (2015)
Awards
  • 2× Big East Coaching Staff of the Year (2015, 2017)

Coaching career

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St. John's

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In July 2006, Kvilhaug was named the eighth head coach in St. John's program history. On September 5, 2018, Kvilhaug retired as head coach, after serving as coach for 12 years. She helped lead St. John's to seven Big East tournament appearances. In 2015, she led the team to its first regular-season title win as well as its first Big East Tournament victory, and the program's first NCAA tournament appearance in 35 years. She finished her career with a record of 281–333–10.[1]

Boston College

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On July 2, 2019, Kvilhaug was named the new head coach of the Boston College Eagles softball program.[2]

Statistics

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Providence

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YEAR W L GP GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER BB SO ERA WHIP
1993 13 3 17 14 13 5 0 109.1 85 30 19 6 33 1.22 0.83
1994 24 9 37 29 26 9 0 215.2 180 52 31 22 66 1.01 0.94
1995 22 7 30 27 16 8 0 197.1 162 46 31 17 75 1.10 0.91
1996 13 10 31 22 19 5 1 178.1 138 54 39 18 94 1.53 0.87
TOTALS 72 29 115 92 74 27 1 700.2 565 182 120 63 268 1.20 0.89

Head coaching record

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Sources:[3][4][5][6]

College

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Statistics overview
Season Team Overall Conference Standing Postseason
Radford Highlanders (Big South Conference) (2003–2006)
2003 Radford 17–36 6–4 2nd
2004 Radford 31–32 6–6 T–3rd
2005 Radford 39–25 8–4 2nd
2006 Radford 40–22 9–3 2nd
Radford: 127–115 (.525) 29–17 (.630)
St. John's Red Storm (Big East Conference) (2007–2013)
2007 St. John's 18–36 7–15 T–9th
2008 St. John's 20–35 5–17 12th
2009 St. John's 24–26 11–13 7th
2010 St. John's 18–33 6–16 13th
2011 St. John's 20–30 6–12 9th
2012 St. John's 23–34 10–12 6th
2013 St. John's 17–35–1 7–15 12th
St. John's Red Storm (Big East Conference) (2014–2018)
2014 St. John's 28–23 12–8 2nd
2015 St. John's 28–19 16–2 1st NCAA Regional
2016 St. John's 29–20 12–7 3rd
2017 St. John's 32–16 18–5 1st
2018 St. John's 24–26 12–6 3rd
St. John's: 281–333–1 (.458) 122–128 (.488)
Boston College Eagles (Atlantic Coast Conference) (2020–Present)
2020 Boston College 9–12 1–2 T–9th Season canceled due to COVID-19
2021 Boston College 13–32 8–24 13th
2022 Boston College 20–27 6–18 T–11th
2023 Boston College 24–28 6–18 T–12th
2024 Boston College 30–24 9–15 T–8th
Boston College: 96–123 (.438) 30–77 (.280)
Total: 504–571 (.469)

      National champion         Postseason invitational champion  
      Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion
      Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion
      Conference tournament champion

References

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  1. ^ "Amy Kvilhaug Retires as St. John's Softball Head Coach". redstormsports.com. September 5, 2018. Retrieved September 5, 2018.
  2. ^ "Amy Kvilhaug Named BC Softball Head Coach". BCEagles.com. Boston College Athletics. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Coaching History". RadfordAthletics.com. Radford University. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Big South Softball Record Book" (PDF). BigSouthSports.com. Big South Conference. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  5. ^ "Big East Softball Record Book" (PDF). BigEast.com. THE BIG EAST CONFERENCE. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  6. ^ "St. John's Softball Record Book" (PDF). RedStormSports.com. St. John's University Athletics. Retrieved 7 July 2019.