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July 11, 2005

Horky Hired as Interim Softball Coach at Pitt State

gorilla logo    PITTSBURG -- Pittsburg State University athletic director Chuck Broyles announced today that Brad Horky has been hired as the interim head coach of the Gorilla softball program.
    Horky, 47, the winningest head softball coach in Pittsburg State University history, returns to campus after a 10-year absence. He posted a 183-83 (.688) record at PSU between 1991-95, leading the Gorillas to the school’s first three trips to the NCAA Division II National Tournament (1993-95) and its first MIAA regular season title in 1994.
    Horky replaces Jenifer Wells as PSU’s head coach. Wells posted a 127-108 (.540) record in four seasons at Pitt State (2001-04).
    “We’re very excited to have Brad Horky return as our interim softball coach,” Broyles said. “Brad built our softball program into a national contender in his previous assignment here. His teams did well in the classroom as well as on the softball diamond. He will bring stability to our program in the short term and into next spring when we will conduct a national search for our head coaching position.”
    Horky, a Beatrice, Neb., native, spent three seasons as head softball coach at the University of Nebraska-Kearney, from 1985-87, compiling a 100-60 (.625) overall record. He led the Lady Lopers to a 42-15 record and the 1987 NAIA National Championship, earning NAIA National Coach of the Year honors.
    Horky then spent three seasons as assistant head coach at the University of Kansas from 1988-90, helping the Lady Jayhawks to a Big Eight Conference regular season title in 1990.
    Following his first stint at Pitt State, Horky has subsequently served as head softball coach at Butler County Community College (1998-2001) and Brown Mackie College (2002). His BCCC squads averaged 39 wins per season, and he was named the Jayhawk Conference Coach of the Year in 2001 when the Lady Grizzlies captured the Jayhawk Conference title.
    He earned a bachelor’s of science in education from the University of Nebraska in 1992.