November 9, 2007
South Puget Sound Community College fastpitch coach resigns
Matt Loes, the head coach of the South Puget Sound Community College Clippers fastpitch team for the past ten years, has resigned. He leaves to become the head coach of the Olympia High School fastpitch program.
Loes came to the college in 1997, spending one year as an assistant before taking over as head coach. Under his guidance, the Clippers won their division in 1998 and 2006 and earned three appearances in the Northwest Athletic Association of Community Colleges (NWAACC) championship tournament. The 2006 team placed seventh in the tournament and set a new single-season home run record for collegiate fastpitch with 135. During his tenure at the college, Loes compiled a record of 217-186, and 37 of his players were selected as NWAACC all-stars.
South Puget Sound will begin its search for a new coach and hopes to have one in place by the end of fall quarter.