MICHELLE COULTAS -- Softball Head Coach, Assistant A.D.

mcoultas@pointpark.edu
(412) 392-8144

5 years at Point Park
Alma mater: Point Park '97

Record at Point Park: 93-86 (5 years)

AMC Coach of the Year in 2011

The 2011 season was the fifth year for Michelle Coultas as head coach of her alma mater, and it was a banner season for the Pioneers. Point Park was 23-18, won the AMC Regular Season Championship and reached the finals of the AMC Tournament. The 23 wins were the most for the Pioneers under Coultas, whose first season at Point Park was 2007.

For her efforts, Coultas was recognized by her peers as American Mideast Conference Coach of the Year in 2011. Since she took over the program, she has steadily built the Pioneers into a perennial playoff contender.

Coultas took Point Park to the conference playoffs in 2008, her second season at the helm. Although the Pioneers missed the postseason in 2009 and 2010, they won a combined 41 games over those seasons and missed the playoffs by a single game both years.

The 2011 campaign was a breakthrough year for the Pioneers, who had their best record ever in the AMC at 10-4. That season was the continuation of the success of the program, which has won 64 games over the last three years. During that span, the Pioneers have averaged about 21 wins versus 14 losses.

Point Park was 19-11 in 2010 and 22-14 in 2009. The 2009 team posted the most victories for the program in over a decade.

In addition to being the head softball coach, Coultas is also Point Park's assistant director of athletics, a role that she began in the fall of 2008.

Her primary duties as assistant athletic director include overseeing the academic progress of Point Park's student-athletes, serving as an advisor to the Student-Athlete Council and assisting with all aspects of the athletic department.

Coultas played softball at Point Park from 1993-1997, and she racked up first team all-conference accolades every year.  She was Co-Freshman of the Year in 1993.

As a standout shortstop, Coultas played every inning of every game during in her career with the Pioneers.  She suited up for the women’s basketball team at the conclusion of her softball playing days.

Following her graduation with a double degree in social sciences and secondary education, Coultas coached at Bethel Park High School from 1998-2000, where she headed the junior varsity program.  She also had a brief stint at Fort Couch Middle School in Upper St. Clair.

“I want to build this program and put it on the map,” Coultas said.  “I hope to give the girls a chance to their athletic and career goals.

“I want to give back to the school everything that it is has given me.”

COULTAS' COACHING RESUME