Kimberly Stiles enters her fourth season as the head coach of the softball program at the College of the Holy Cross in 2025. The 10th head coach in program history, she has over 300 wins in her career and has posted a winning mark in six of her last nine seasons. Stiles' 50 wins (2022-2024) at the helm of the Crusaders mark the first time that the Crusaders have totaled 50 or more wins over a three year span since the 1998-2000 seasons.
In her first year at Holy Cross in 2022, Stiles led the Crusaders to a 21-29, 8-10 PL mark, their first season of 20 or more wins since 1999 and the team tied the third highest single-season win total in program history. The eight conference wins were the most for the team since 2017 (8-10) and the Crusaders 9-4 (.692) home record was their best record since 2003 (10-9, .526). During her second year as head coach in 2023, freshman Anna Brait had an impactful season for the Crusaders as her .357 career batting average currently ranks second all-time in program history while her 55 hits were the second most during a single season in team annals. In year three, Ali Sniegocki elevated her game to one of the top threats in the Patriot League en route to All-League honors.
Under Stiles leadership, the Crusaders had three National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-Northeast Region honorees, Megan Yurchick (second team, 2022), Kelly Nelson (third team, 2022) and Ali Sniegocki (third team, 2024) while Nelson (first team), Yurchick (second team), Sniegocki (second team) and Jessica Mott (second team) earned All-Patriot League honors. Academically, Jessie Nagel was voted to the CoSIDA Academic All-District First Team at designated player while Jessica Mott (twice), Sophia Roncone and Kari Jacobson earned Academic All-District Honors. Kelly Nelson, Jessica Mott and Ali Sniegocki were Academic All-Patriot League selections.
For the last five years, Stiles served as the head coach at the University of Charleston, posting an overall mark of 141-83. During the 2021 campaign, the Golden Eagles went 30-14 overall with a 23-9 mark in the Mountain East Conference. Stiles had four players earn first team All-Mountain East honors, with two making the NFCA All-Atlantic Region squad.
Previously in 2020, Stiles' team had the best start in program history at 14-2 and was ranked 23rd in the nation, before the remainder of the season was canceled due to COVID-19. In 2019, the Golden Eagles went 33-21 overall and 21-11 in the Mountain East Conference, with two selections to the All-Mountain East first team and the All-Region team.
In 2018, Charleston went 27-25 on the season, posting a 12-20 MEC record. During Stiles' first season with the Golden Eagles in 2017, the team went 37-21 with five All-Conference honorees, and advanced to the NCAA Tournament.
Prior to her time at Charleston, Stiles spent six years as the head coach at Davis & Elkins College from 2011-2016. She posted a 33-21 mark in 2016 and won at least 20 games in four of her six seasons at the helm of the program. Stiles also served Davis & Elkins in additional administrative roles, acting as the Assistant Director of Athletics and Senior Woman Administrator.
Previously, Stiles was an assistant coach at Midwestern State University from 2008-2010. During the 2010 campaign, she helped the Mustangs to an overall record of 54-10, with the team winning the Lone Star Conference regular season title and finishing as the NCAA Division II South Central Regional runner up. Stiles and the rest of the softball staff at Midwestern State were named South Central Region Coaching Staff of the Year by the National Fastpitch Coaches Association.
A native of Thurmont, Md., Stiles played one year at the University of Vermont before transferring to the University of Pittsburgh for her final three seasons. She was a two-time Big East Academic All-Star selection for the Panthers, and earned NFCA All-America Scholar-Athlete honors for the Catamounts.
Stiles earned her bachelor's degree in communication and political science from Pittsburgh in 2007, then received her master's degree in kinesiology and athletic administration from Midwestern State in 2009.
