Coming off a season where nobody expected an all-freshman team to reach the state championship game, Kodee Murray brought an experienced team back to the state tournament in 2008. They made their intention known that the state championship was what they were there for and by the time the dust had settled, the Falcons had their second state title in school history. Murray completed her seventh season as the head coach by guiding the team to a 43-5 record, which included a 5-1 win over Mt. San Antonio College in the state championship game. The wins set a new school record, while the team won all eight post-season games. This year’s team has just three returners (one starter), but have an incoming freshman class that rivals any the school has seen in previous years.

            Through her first seven seasons, Murray has posted a 210-87-1 (.707) record, which includes two South Coast Conference co-championships (including 2008), while the team has advanced to the Southern California Regional Playoffs each season. Ever since she arrived, Murray has established herself as one of the top-notch coaches in the state, and was honored in 2007 by being named the Southern California Coach of the Year, while she has been named the conference Coach of the Year twice. Back in 2004, the team won their first conference championship in 14 years and were the #2-seeded team in Southern California, while they were seeded #2 last season, as well.

            Murray became the fourth coach of the Cerritos College softball program when she took over the program in 2002. 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 20 years of experience coaching, with 12 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.

            Murray earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education from Cal Poly Pomona in 1985 and a Master of Science degree in Physical Education from Cal State Dominguez Hills in 1991. She earned a second Master’s degree in Special Education from National University in 1994.