Now in her 10^th season as the Cerritos College softball coach, Kodee Murray has established herself and the Falcon softball program as one of the state’s elite. Although they failed to advance to the state tournament for the fourth year in a row, she led her team ranked #1 heading into the Southern California Regional Playoffs, before a pair of upset losses ended their season. She guided the team to a 39-6 record in 2010 and their third straight South Coast Conference championship. In addition, Murray was named the National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) California Community College Coach of the Year, along with being selected the Southern California and South Coast Conference Coach of the Year. Along with the NFCA award, her entire staff was honored by being named part of the West Region Coaching Staff of the Year.

Back in 2008, Murray and her team won the school’s second state championship after advancing to the state championship game the year before. She followed those two seasons by finishing in the final four at the state championships in 2009. During the 2009 season, Murray led the Falcons to a 41-11-1 record and entered the state tournament winning their last 12 post-season games. In 2008, the team finished with a 43-5 record, which a 5-1 win over Mt. San Antonio College in the state championship game. The wins set a new school record. As for the 2007 season, Murray and her all-freshman team came within one game of winning the state title and finished with a 39-11-1 mark.

Now in her 10^th season, Murray has posted a 290-104-2 (.735) record, which includes four South Coast Conference championships, including the last three seasons, while the team has advanced to the Southern California Regional Playoffs all nine years. 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 have also been seeded #2 the last two seasons, 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 13 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.