Briar Cliff University

Erin Bly has served as the head softball coach at Briar Cliff since the summer of 2018. The 2019 spring season was her first official season as the program's leader.

Bly has coaching experience dating all the way back to 2006 with her most recent position being the head softball coach at Clearwater Central Catholic High School in Clearwater, Florida since the 2016 season. From 2006-2015, Bly served as the lead clinician and instructor for The Fastpitch Formula in Tampa, Florida and Chicago, Illinois. She was also the head softball coach for the Orland Park A’s, a premier travel club organization in Chicago from 2008-2011. She also has experience working in higher education as an instructional designer and served as an instructional analyst, student services specialist and admissions counselor for Saint Leo University. In 2011, Bly was a sports information assistant at University of South Florida.

Collegiately, Bly had plenty of success on the diamond as she played for Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa from 2007-10 and South Florida from 2010-11. At Drake, Bly was named First Team All-Conference in the Missouri Valley Conference, Academic All-Conference and All-America Scholar Athlete. She was also an All-America Scholar Athlete at USF.