CLEVELAND, Tenn. — When she coaches a softball game in the 2011 season, Connie Stobert will have a different view.
The former Lee University softball standout — after assistant coaching stints at Walker Valley, Cleveland High, Cleveland Middle and most recently Red Bank — will return to Raider Drive after being named head coach of Cleveland’s Lady Raiders.
“It’s something I’ve wanted for a long time,” she said Wednesday. “I’ve been around softball for 18 years but just haven’t had that opportunity. I’ve loved to coach, though, and knew it was going to be a matter of time.
“It’s been a long time coming, and I’ve really waited for this.”
Stobert prepped at Montevallo High School in Alabama and spent two years at Jefferson State Community College in Birmingham before finishing at Lee. She was an assistant at Lee until 2005 while earning her master’s degree in teaching.