2012 Softball
Record: 0-0 Home: 0-0 Away: 0-0 MCC: 0-0
Coaches
Glenn Johnson
Co-Head Coach- 6th Season
Overall Record: 119-103 (through 2011)
Johnson and Yoder took over the Mustang softball program in the fall of 2006, and were named the 2010 Midwest Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year after leading Mount Mercy to the MCC regular season and tournament championships. The Mustangs also earned their first NAIA national tournament berth since 1990. The 37 wins were the second most in school history, just shy of the 39 victories by the Mustangs in 1996.
Under Johnson and Yoder, the Mustangs have rewritten the offensive record book. They've set single-season school records for slugging percentage, total bases, doubles, home runs, and stolen bases. Defensively, the 2010 squad held opponents to the lowest batting average in school history and broke the strikeout and shut out records.
Johnson has been president of the Cedar Rapids Girls' Fastpitch Softball Association since 1990 and has also coached a girls' ASA traveling softball team, the Cedar Rapids Blue Devils, for 17 years. He has been a member of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) for 16 years, holding a Three-Star Master Coach Certification from the NFCA. Johnson, a patent lawyer with Nyemaster, Goode, West, Hansell & O'Brien, graduated from Northern Colorado in 1973 and earned a J.D. from Iowa in 1975.
Larry Yoder
Co-Head Coach- 6th Season
Johnson and Yoder took over the Mustang softball program in the fall of 2006, and were named the 2010 Midwest Collegiate Conference Coach of the Year after leading Mount Mercy to the MCC regular season and tournament championships. The Mustangs also earned their first NAIA national tournament berth since 1990. The 37 wins were the second most wins in school history, just shy of the 39 victories by the Mustangs in 1996.
Under Johnson and Yoder, the Mustangs have rewritten the offensive record book. They've set single-season school records for slugging percentage, total bases, doubles, home runs, and stolen bases. Defensively, the 2010 squad held opponents to the lowest batting average in school history and broke the strikeout and shut out records.
Yoder graduated from Iowa Wesleyan College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in education. He played baseball throughout college, leading the Tigers in home runs during the 1983 and 1984 seasons. Yoder is Vice President of the Cedar Rapids Fastpitch Softball Association and has coached fastpitch softball for 12 years. He is a member of the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) and holds a Two-Star Master Coach Certification from the NFCA. Yoder is a licensed Realtor in the State of Iowa and practices with Skogman Realty in Cedar Rapids.
John Olachnovitch
Assistant Coach- 6th Season
Olachnovitch has been coaching fastpitch softball for more than 30 years, with his primary focus being pitching. Prior to joining the Mustangs staff, he was the pitching coach at Northern Iowa for four years. Olachnovitch also taught at Linn-Mar High School in Marion, Iowa.
Blake Tiedtke
Strength & Conditioning Coach- 6th Season
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