Mizzou Softball, Hitting Coach Jeff Cottrill Reportedly Part Ways
Larissa Anderson has reportedly started to rebuild the Missouri Tigers.
On Tuesday, D1Softball's Justin McLeod reported that hitting coach Jeff Cottrill "won't return to the Missouri coaching staff, per sources."
Cottrill joined the Tigers in 2022 after spending seven seasons with the Oklahoma State Cowgirls. He spent five years as an assistant coach and the other two as the director of operations. Cottrill became the Cowgirls' pitching coach for the 2018 and 2019 seasons before taking over the hitters in 2020.
It was announced this morning by @D1Softball that #Mizzou hitting coach Jeff Cottrill will not be returning to the staff next season.
— True Deck (@ByTrueDeck) May 13, 2025
Cottrill spent three seasons with Missouri following a five season stint at Oklahoma State. @CoMoSports
Mizzou had one All-American under Cottrill's leadership. Alex Honnold became the 26th All-American in program history and was a Top 25 Finalist for the 2023 USA Softball Collegiate Player of the Year. She led Mizzou and ranked in the top six of the SEC for on-base percentage (.539), slugging percentage (.779), runs (52), batting average (.396), and triples (three).
At OSU in 2021, the Cowgirls finished in the top ten nationally in home runs (93, sixth), doubles (88, eighth), runs (356, eighth), hits (488, 10th) and slugging percentage (.556, 10th).
Before coaching college softball, Cottrill worked and coached with the Wichita Mustangs Softball Academy in Wichita, Kansas.
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Maren Angus-Coombs was born in Los Angeles and raised in Nashville, Tenn. She is a graduate of Middle Tennessee State University and has been a sports writer since 2008. She has been covering college softball since 2016 for various outlets including Softball America, ESPNW and Hurrdat Sports. She is currently the managing editor of Softball On SI and also serves as an analyst for Nebraska softball games on Nebraska Public Media and B1G+.