Kellyn Tate

Kellyn Marie Tate (born October 16, 1975) is an American softball coach and former outfielder. She has been the head softball coach at University of Puget Sound since 2012. She previously held coaching positions at Portland State, Miami (Ohio), Texas Tech, and Penn State.

Tate played college softball at the University of Michigan where she was a first-team All-Big Ten Conference player each year from 1996 to 1998. Her career batting average of .357 is the fourth highest in Michigan history. She later played professional softball for the Orlando Wahoos (1998), Akron Racers (1999-2000), WPSL All-Stars (2001), and California Sunbirds (2004).

Early years Tate is a native of Chesterfield, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. She played high school softball for Parkway West High School and led the team to consecutive state championships.

University of Michigan and Team USA Tate committed to play college softball at the University of Michigan in November 1993. She enrolled at Michigan in the fall of 1994 and was an outfielder for the Michigan Wolverines softball team under head coach Carol Hutchins from 1995 to 1998.

She remains among Michigan's all-time career leaders in batting average (.357 - 4th), hits (272 - 7th), triples (12 - T-6th), sacrifice hits (48 - 3rd), and stolen bases (45 - 8th).

Coaching career In July 2012, Tate was hired as the head coach of the softball team at the University of Puget Sound. In her first year at Puget Sound, the team compiled a 2-37 record.

Prior to taking over as the head coach at Puget Sound, Tate had worked for 14 years as an assistant coach at Portland State (2010-2012), Miami (Ohio) (2006-2009), Texas Tech (2003-2006), and Penn State (1998-2001).