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<\/p>\nNortheast Alabama Community College named Jimmy Kolaitis as the College\u2019s first full-time Athletic Director earlier this week. <\/p>\n
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Kolaitis will oversee NACC\u2019s cross country, Esports, golf, and softball teams. He will also serve as Assistant Softball Coach with Head Coch Joe Guthrie. He will relieve NACC\u2019s Associate Dean of Instruction Barbara Kilgore, as she has served as acting Athletic Director in the interim.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are extremely pleased to have Jimmy Kolaitis as our Athletic Director and Assistant Women\u2019s Softball Coach with us at Northeast,\u201d stated NACC President Dr. David Campbell. \u201cHe is highly qualified and experienced. In my interview with him, I was so impressed with his insight that in working with our players, he and his staff help develop each individual as people with great personal traits as well as athletes. He and Coach Joe Guthrie, like our other coaches, bring the highest character to our sports programs.\u201d<\/p>\n
An Alabama native, Kolaitis is returning to his home state after spending the last four years at Arizona State University as an assistant softball coach. During his tenure at ASU, the Sun Devil softball team boasted 125 wins.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am extremely excited to be a part of the Northeast Alabama family,\u201d said Kolaitis. \u201cI\u2019m very humbled to have the opportunity to be the school\u2019s first Athletic Director. Dr. Campbell has done an amazing job building NACC into a strong academic school, and now we are ready to build up the Athletic Department. The future is exciting for this college, the students and the local community.\u201d
\nKolaitis has also been a member of the National Women\u2019s Team coaching staff for the last three years, winning gold medals in 2022 and 2023 (15U). Most recently, Kolaitis was on staff for the 2024 silver medal squad at the WBSC World Championship.<\/p>\n
Softball head coach Joe Guthrie is excited for Kolaitis to join the Mustang Athletics family. \u201cI am supremely impressed with Dr. Campbell and many others in their handling of the process to bring in Jimmy Kolaitis,\u201d said Guthrie. \u201cI am excited to work with him and Courtnay Foster again. Jimmy is simply the perfect person to lead our athletic department at NACC.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kolaitis brings more than 20 years of experience NACC Athletics. Prior to joining the ASU staff, he was the head softball coach for the University of Alabama at Birmingham. His softball resume also includes stops at the University of Oregon, the Greek National Softball Team, the Chicago Bandits, the University of South Alabama, and more.<\/p>\n
Athletics at Northeast has expended rapidly in recent years, under the leadership of college president Dr. David Campbell. Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Golf has been established for some time. NACC\u2019s Esports recently concluded its second year of competition, while Men\u2019s and Women\u2019s Cross Country will kick off the second season this fall. Women\u2019s softball will begin its inaugural season this year.<\/p>\n
Northeast\u2019s state-of-the-art women\u2019s softball stadium is also nearing completion on campus, and the team is beginning to practice on the field. The stadium will be lit via LEDs, the grandstands will be covered by a roof, and artificial turf will cover the infield and outfield. Locker rooms and a training facility will also be included. McKee and Associates of Montgomery are the architects for the project and Sports Turf of Georgia is the construction company building the stadium. P & C Construction, a local company, is also part of the stadium construction.
\nFor more information about Northeast Alabama Community College, visit nacc.edu or download the OneACCS app in the Apple Store or Google Play Store. Follow NACC on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn to keep up with the latest announcements, current events, and more.<\/p>\n
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