SIUE

Courtney Gentile joined the SIUE softball staff as an assistant coach in October 2022.

Gentile and Head Coach Ben Sorden have the Big Ten Conference in common. Gentile was a two-time All-Big Ten player at Ohio State in 2007 and 2010. Sorden previously has been an assistant coach at both Michigan State and Indiana.

Gentile has several years of Division I coaching experience as an assistant at both Eastern Michigan and Cleveland State.

She was a pitching and assistant hitting coach at Eastern Michigan from 2013 to 2017, designing a year-round program to include conditioning, mental training, fielding and pitching workouts. Gentile also served as a compliance liaison and the team travel coordinator. She served as the Cleveland State pitching coach from 2011 to 2013, leading the development of two All-Conference pitchers and two All-Freshman team picks. Along with serving as a compliance liaison, she helped with fundraising and alumni relations.

Most recently, Gentile has been a full-time softball instructor with more than 30 students learning all facets of the game. She has been a GameSense Softball Director in 2020 and 2021 as well as the head coach for St. Louis Chaos Elite Travel Program since 2020.

She received a bachelor’s of science and education degree from Ohio State in 2010.