FIU Head Softball Coach
Kim Gwydir

Entering her fifth season as head softball coach, Kim Gwydir started the Golden Panthers intercollegiate softball program four years ago, and has a record of 133-110 here. Overall she has a 249-179-1-career record in eight years of intercollegiate coaching.

Gwydir came from C.W. Post in Brookville, Long Island, where she was the head softball coach for four seasons, leaving the program as the winningest coach in its history with a 116-69-1 record.

In the 2001 season, Gwydir had her best record with the Golden Panthers. Her squad finished at 44-22, playing some of the best intercollegiate programs in America. Traveling to play traditional powerhouses, such as Oregon State, UCLA, Utah and Florida State. She had her second player named to the all-region team in Jennifer Owens.

The year before, Gwydir had the first player named to the all-region team in Shannon Carey. That year also saw the inaugural "Golden Panther Invitational," in March.

Gwydir led the first ever softball team to a second place finish in the Trans America Athletic Conference and appearance in the conference tournament. Gwydir was awarded for her efforts in 1998 by being named Coach of the Year in the TAAC.

Four years ago, she helped C.W. Post set a school mark for wins in a season (38) when her team went on to make its first NCAA Division II Tournament appearance since 1985. Gwydir led C.W. Post to back-to-back New York Collegiate Athletic Conference Championships, including a 19-0 mark in the conference in 1997, the first team to ever go undefeated in league play. She was named the NYCAC's Coach of the Year and was also selected as the NCAA Division II Northeast Region Coach of the Year.

The Huntington, NY native is no stranger at starting successful women's softball programs. In 1992, she founded and organized the Long Island Chargers, an ASA Junior Olympic Girls Fast-pitch Softball organization that has since been voted by the Wilson Sports goods Company as one of the Top 15 travel organizations in America.

An accomplished trumpet player, Gwydir is a 1988 graduate of Adelphi University. That year, she was also the assistant varsity baseball coach at St. Anthony's High School in South Huntington, New York, becoming the first female baseball coach in Long Island Catholic League history.

In 1989-90, she coached the St. Anthony's junior varsity baseball team to the regular-season league championship, then coach three years at Half Hollow Hills High School prior to her stint at C.W. Post.

GWYDIR'S SOFTBALL HISTORY

Season	School	W-L-T
1994	C.W. Post	26-17
1995	C.W. Post	19-27
1996	C.W. Post	33-14-1
1997	C.W. Post	38-11
1998	FIU	24-28
1999	FIU	27-32
2000	FIU	38-28
2001	FIU	44-22
Career Record	All Schools	249-179-1

Assistant Coach
Sara Headley

Sara Headley starts her first season as assistant coach on the Golden Panthers staff. Headley comes from Robert Morris College, where she earned a degree in sports management, and played four years of softball.

Headley was a Northeast region All-American and was named All-Northeast Conference her sophomore and junior years. She was the starting catcher on the 1998 conference championship team.

Headley, a native of Warrenton, Virginia, was named female athlete of the year at Mills E. Godwin High School. The 24-year old was awarded with All-Virginia honors her senior year, including being named to the all-region and all-district teams.

She was an assistant coach the past two years at Augusta State University in Georgia, where she received a master's degree in business administration.

Assistant Coach
Bobby Hatter

Bobby Hatter enters his second season with the Golden Panthers softball program as an assistant coach. He will work mainly with the outfielders and building team unity.

His experience includes working two years as the assistant baseball coach at Montevallo High School in Alabama. Hatter also served as the after-school sports coach at Kendall Christian School after moving to Miami.

Hatter is currently working full-time at FIU with Campus Outreach as the chaplin for the sports program, while instructing with the NCAA CHAMPS Life Skills program. He attended the University of Montevallo where he received his bachelors in Social Work.

Hatter enjoys volunteering for the Little-League program with his children. He is married to the former Amy Foster and has two children, Heidi and Hannah.

Student Assistant
Shannon Carey

Shannon Carey joins the staff as a student assistant, after a successful four-year playing career. She will be assisting with the corners, especially with first base and as a hitting coach.

Two of Carey's four years came as a Golden Panther. She left as the career leader in home runs (18) and doubles (28). She was voted second-team All-Southeast Region as a first baseman her junior year, as well as Newcomer of the year in the Sun Belt Conference.

The Waterloo, Ontario native is coming back from playing with the Canadian National Team over the summer.