University of Kansas Softball

Bio Jennifer McFalls finished her eighth year at the helm of the Kansas softball program in 2025 after being hired by the University of Kansas on Aug. 20, 20...

Drake DeAngelo joins the KU Softball coaching staff as a graduate assistant for the 2024-25 season. Before coming to KU, DeAngelo spent five years as a stude...

Justin Lewis was named assistant softball coach of Kansas in May 2024, He concluded his first season with the Jayhawks in 2025. Lewis comes to KU after servi...

Bio A four-year letter winner at the University of Texas, Kaitlyn Slack joined the Kansas softball coaching staff in the summer of 2023 after serving three y...

Head Coach Jennifer McFalls announced the addition of Laura Heberling as the pitching coach for the Kansas Softball team in December, 2023. A 20-year coaching veteran with various experiences, Heberling was promoted to Associate Head Coach for the Jayhawks, July, 2025. Heberling came to KU from Maryland, where she served as pitching coach in 2023. Throughout her coaching career, Heberling has served as a head coach, associate head coach, assistant coach and student assistant. As the pitching coach at Maryland in 2023, Heberling helped lead the Terps to their best season since 2011 as they posted a 38-19 record. The pitching staff posted a 3.15 ERA and totaled 312 strikeouts. At Maryland, Heberling coached freshman Keira Bucher, who led the nation in saves and holds the Big Ten single-season record with 12 saves. Two seniors on the team were named to All-Big Ten teams and received NFCA Midwest All-Region honors. Before Maryland, Heberling served as the associate head coach at Utah State from 2020-22. In 2022, the Utah State pitching staff posted a 4.38 ERA, led by Kapri Toone. Toone earned Second-Team All-Mountain West Honors. That season, the Aggies finished with their second-highest conference record in program history. Heberling also spent four seasons as an assistant coach at Utah State before being promoted to associate head coach in 2020. Prior to Utah State, Heberling was promoted to head coach at USC-Beaufort after serving as an assistant coach for two seasons. She was