Cleveland High School has hired Caitlin DeLoach to take over as head coach of its softball program.
DeLoach is a 2012 graduate of Lee University, where she was a pitcher on some nationally ranked NAIA teams. She was an NAIA Champion of Character award recipient, a Southern States Athletic Conference scholar-athlete and an Academic All-American.
A 2008 graduate of Hazel Green High School in Alabama, where she was chosen all-district for three years and was an academic all-state selection and team most valuable player, DeLoach had the goal of one day becoming a high school head coach.
“It came around sooner than expected,” she said, “but I’m ready for the challenge.”
DeLoach was the Lady Raiders’ pitching coach last year and the last part of the previous season. She and her husband, Brian, are English teachers at Cleveland.