Rick Pauly
Head Softball Coach

Rick Pauly enters his third year as head coach of the SMC Softball team in the 2007-2008 season.

Pauly’s coaching career covers 17 years at all ages and skill levels. He has coached in Arizona, Wisconsin, and South Carolina. On a personal level he was an ASA Softball All-American and competed in 12 National and International Championship tournaments.

For several years he has specialized in instructing young lades in the art of pitching. Many of his students have gained softball scholarships at the Division 1 level with three of those students also being drafted in to the National Pro Fastpitch league.

Pauly views the SMC Softball program as a great opportunity to continue helping student athletes continue the pursuit of both their academic and athletic dreams.

He is a native of Wisconsin and has a B.S. degree in Industrial Technology from UW-Stout. He and his wife, Joan, recently relocated to South Carolina from Phoenix, Az. They have two children, a son Jesse still residing in Phoenix and a daughter Sarah who is completing her Masters Degree at Texas A&M in Corpus Christi, Texas.

Brian Pack
Assistant Coach

Brian Pack enters his second season in 2007/2008 as an assistant coach for the SMC Lady Pioneers softball team. Pack is a native of the Spartanburg and Boiling Springs area. He has been very active in coaching area youth sports, and has worked for the Spartanburg County Parks and Recreation Dept. teaching youth sports for six years. Additionally, Pack is an Upper Division Level baseball and softball umpire. Brian enjoys volunteering his time and is currently assisting a 14U Softball Travel Team that qualified for the ASA National Tournament in 2006. His 2005 14U girls basketball team was the South Carolina state champion.

Sarah Pauly
Assistant Coach

Sarah Pauly is her second year as an assistant coach for the Lady Pioneers Softball team in the 2007/2008 season. She is the daughter of head coach Rick Pauly and will be handling the pitching responsibilities for SMC. Sarah recently finished her debut season with the National Pro Fastpitch League where she was named the Outstanding Pitcher for the 2006 season. She graduated from Texas A&M Corpus Christi where she was an NCAA Division 1 All- American in 2005 and led her team to three straight NCAA Regional playoffs. Pauly ranks in the top 10 in three Division 1 statistical career pitching categories. Additionally, she was named three times as the Big South Conference Most Valuable Pitcher while in college and was an All-State pitcher while attending high school in Phoenix, Arizona.

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