Garrett Furnal

Biography

Garrett Furnal enters his second season at Creighton as an assistant coach in 2026. He works closely with the Bluejay hitters and is the program’s recruiting coordinator. He also assists in scouting and data collecting of future opponents. The Bluejays went 30-25 in his first year on staff, finishing tied for third with a 15-9 mark in the BIG EAST before closing out the year with a runner-up finish at the BIG EAST Softball Championships. Under his direction, the Bluejays offense soared to new heights, establishing school records for runs scored (321) and RBI (292). Bluejay hitters registered a .303 batting average, the fourth highest team batting average in program history, while ranking second in hits (474), slugging percentage (.465) and walks (171), fourth in home runs (54) and on-base percentage (.382), sixth in stolen bases (72) and seventh in doubles (69). Furnal’s guidence was instrumental in the development of Sydra Seville, Sydney Potter, Lily West and Kaelan Schultz, all of which earned All-BIG EAST honors in 2025. Seville set a new single season program record with 80 hits, while Potter drove in a school record 60 runs on a team-high 16 home runs. Before joining the Bluejays in 2025, Furnal spent the previous three seasons as an assistant coach at Northern Iowa, during which time the Panthers went 104-42 overall and won a pair of Missouri Valley Conference regular-season titles after compiling a 66-9 record in league play. Serving as the Panthers outfield and hitti