Green Promoted to Associate Head Coach
CORVALLIS – Marcie Green has been promoted to the role of Associate Head Coach of the Oregon State softball program, head coach Laura Berg announced today. Green has spent the last three seasons as an assistant coach on Berg’s staff, working mainly with the team’s pitchers.
Green has made her mark on the Oregon State pitching staff the last few seasons, guiding a group of inexperienced arms to unprecedented success. She oversaw a staff of two transfers and a pair of freshmen in 2015. Green coached Beverly Miller to All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention in her debut season at the Division I level, as the junior led the Pac-12 in innings pitched and threw the Beavers’ first no-hitter since 2011. Miller finished the year sixth in the conference in strikeouts. Under Green’s watch, the Beavers earned marquee wins over No. 16 Arizona State, No. 20 Washington and California, as well as a series sweep of Stanford.
Senior Amanda Najdek had the best season of her collegiate career in 2014 under Green, highlighted by pair of victories over No. 5/7 Arizona State, leading to Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week honors. Green and the Beavers posted a number of big wins in the campaign, including Oregon State’s first series win over Stanford since 2007, in a three-game set that saw junior transfer Melanie Dembinski allow just 11 hits in 11 innings of work.
In 2013, Green worked closely with senior right-hander Marina Demore, who was an All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention pick after compiling a 21-13 record to become the first Oregon State pitcher since 2007 to win 20 games. Demore posted a career-best 3.00 ERA and also shattered her previous highs by tallying 19 complete games and six shutouts.
Green came to Oregon State after spending the previous nine years as an assistant at her alma mater Fresno State. She helped the Bulldogs to NCAA Tournament appearances each season, in addition to four WAC championships and two conference tournament titles.
A four-year standout for the Bulldog softball program at pitcher, Green came to Fresno State after serving three years as an assistant coach at the College of Sequoias. COS finished third place at the 2003 state tournament and was part of a coaching staff that was selected as the 2003 National Fastpitch Coaches Association/California Junior College Coaching Staff of the Year.
While COS captured two conference titles (2002 and '03) under her assistance, she also coached her first NFCA All-America pitcher. In addition, Green served as adjunct faculty member who taught a physical education class on Fundamentals of Fast Pitch Softball.
Green wrapped up her Bulldog career listed among the school's career top five in virtually every pitching category. The two-time all-Big West honoree guided Fresno State to three Big West Conference titles en route to four NCAA Regional appearances and three Women's College World Series showings.
The two-time team co-MVP was named all-WCWS as a freshman when the Bulldogs finished as the national runner-up in 1990. With a tournament leading 14 strikeouts at the WCWS, she recorded shutout wins over Arizona and Oklahoma State. The next two years she would be decisive in the circle for the Bulldogs as she won the regional championship games that sent the Bulldogs to the WCWS in 1991 and '92, in which Fresno State finished third both years.
As a Bulldog, Green went 86-26 in the circle with 60 shutouts and 584 strikeouts in 779.1 innings pitched for a 0.66 ERA. In addition, she appeared in 119 games and started 112 while tossing 104 complete games. Throwing four no-hitters and tallying three 20-win seasons, she ranks among the program's top pitchers.
