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Chuck Sosnowski | Softball Head Coach
P: 314-516-5685
E: sosnowskic@umsl.edu
Chuck Sosnowski enters his fifth season as the head coach of the UMSL softball program going into the 2009-10 season following a two-year stint as assistant coach for the Tritons.
He has steadily improved the program each year he’s been at the helm and is 97-108 in four seasons.
Sosnowki’s most successful season came last year when he guided the program to its first NCAA Regional bid in 20 years and an overall record of 36-19 – the second most wins in program history. UMSL achieved a national ranking of No. 15 mid-way through the season and claimed its first-ever regular season Great Lakes Valley Conference title. For his efforts, he was named GLVC Coach of the
Year.
Sosnowski also coached senior ace Allyson DeFosset to GLVC Pitcher of the Year, Daktronics Midwest Region Pitcher of the Year and Daktronics Third Team All-American honors.
In 2008, Sosnowski guided UMSL to a 28-26 overall record – it’s first winning season since 2002 - and its first GLVC Tournament appearance since 2005. There, the Tritons posted a 2-2 mark.
In 2007, he led a revamped offense that set numerous school records, including most home runs in a season (32) and most players (10) on one team hitting a home run in the same season. The .292 team batting average during the 2007 season was the highest for an UMSL team since the 1999 season and was the fifth highest in school history. The .429 slugging percentage set a new school team record and the 230 runs scored were the third highest in school history. The team finished with a 20-30 record, recording the most wins since the 2004 team.
In his first season, UMSL went 13-33.
Prior to working at UMSL, Sosnowski served as the head softball coach at Hudson Valley Community College in Troy, N.Y., for two seasons. He led the team to the NJCAA Region III Championship in 2002 and finished runner up at the NJCAA Division III National Tournament. Sosnowski earned Mountain Valley Conference Coach of the Year honors in 2002 as well.
Sosnowski served two stints on the coaching staff at Herkimer County Community College in Herkimer, N.Y. He served as the assistant coach in 1990 and the head coach in 1991. After a four-year break, he returned to serve as the head coach from 1996 through 1998. In all four seasons as head coach at Herkimer (1991, 1996–1998) he guided the team to the Mountain Valley Conference Championship. Sosnowski earned Mountain Valley Conference Coach of the Year honors three consecutive seasons, 1996, 1997 and 1998, and was named the NJCAA Region III Coach of the Year in 1996 and again in 1998. He led the team to an NJCAA Region II Championship in 1996 and a runner up finish in 1998. In 1998, he led the team to a fourth-place finish at the NJCAA Division III National Tournament. In his six seasons as a head coach at the junior college level, he has compiled a career record of 168-52, including a 41-win season at Herkimer in 1998.
Sosnowski is a graduate of Cortland State where he received a bachelor of science in physical education in 1990.
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