Now in her sixth season as the Cerritos College softball head coach, Kodee Murray has established herself as one of the top-notch coaches in the state. In her five seasons with the Falcons, Murray has led her teams to a South Coast Conference Co-Championship and advancement into the Southern California Regional Playoffs three different times. Last season, the team finished 19-19 overall and missed the post-season and Murray will have an all-freshmen team this year to get them back into the playoffs. Back in 2004, the team won their first conference championship in 14 years and were the #2-seeded team in Southern California. She has posted a career record of 128-71 record and won her 100^th game as the Falcons head coach when the team defeated East Los Angeles College, 3-2 on April 7, 2005.

            Three seasons ago, Murray was named the SCC Coach of the Year, as well as the Southern California Coach of the Year. After missing the post-season her first year, Murray guided the Falcons to three consecutive Southern California Regional appearances. Seven of her players have also earned scholarships to play at the four-year level during her four seasons.

            Murray became the fourth coach of the Cerritos College softball program in the last five years after being hired to lead the team five seasons ago. She came to the Falcons after spending the 2001 season as an assistant coach at Santa Ana College, where they placed second in the State Championships. Murray brings coaching experience that spans every level – high school, community college, and professionally both in the United States and internationally.

            Murray has over 18 years of experience coaching, with 10 of those at the community college level. She spent six years as the head coach at Los Angeles Valley College, rebuilding a team that had been on hiatus for a number of years. Murray coached at the high school level for six years, including a CIF Championship team at Woodbridge High School in Irvine in 1988. Professionally, Murray coached the Tampa Bay Firestix of the Women’s Professional Fastpitch team out of Tampa Bay, Florida, and helped them to within three games of winning their division. Internationally, Murray coached the Regio Calabria Team in the Italian Softball Federation

            Murray played softball at Golden West College for two years and at Cal Poly University, Pomona from 1982-83, where she earned All-West Region honors in 1983 and ASA All-American honors in 1984. After college, Murray played second base for the Orange Majestics, which included winning the 1987 ASA Women’s Major Fastpitch National Championship and several berths to the Olympic Festival.

            Also beginning his sixth season with the Falcon coaching staff, Bud Murray is also the father of head coach Kodee Murray. Coach Murray has been a coach at the high school, junior college and Division I level, as well as with college semi-pro and women’s professional fastpitch teams. His experiences with both baseball and softball spans over 47 years, which makes him a valuable addition to the Falcon staff. While the head baseball coach at Hart High School, Murray led his teams to 26 league titles and they won the 1999 CIF Southern Section Division II Championship. Upon his retirement from the school, Murray had his number (30) retired and the field was renamed in his honor. Four years ago, he was named the California Baseball Coach of the Year, while he compiled an amazing 516-176 record during his 39 years of coaching high school and junior college baseball.

            In addition to coaching at Hart High, Murray also spent time at Los Angeles Pierce College, Mission College, Cal State Northridge and the Wenatchee Apple Sox, a minor league baseball team in Washington. He also spent time as the Tampa Bay Fire Stix assistant coach, which is a women’s fastpitch softball team.

                Joe Soldan is in his second season as the Cerritos College softball pitching coach and has a long history in the coaching industry. In addition to his responsibilities with the Falcons, Soldan also has spent the last 18 years as a private coach for fastpitch and has owned and coached the California Cougars, an 18-under fastpitch travel team for the last 12 years. He started his coaching career at the high school level, where he spent three seasons as a coach.