Madison College Wolfpack

Del Schneeberger is in his first season as the Madison Area Technical College head softball coach. Coach Schneeberger will be replacing Boo Gillette who left this fall to take an assistant coaching position at Purdue University. Gillette guided the WolfPack to a #10 national ranking and a 11-8 record in the program's inaugural season.

Schneeberger has over 27 years of experience as a head high school coach having led the Johnson Creek program for 1980-2006. Schneeberger's career high school record at Johnson Creek was 323-194. His teams won ten WIAA regional championships and made multiple appearances at the WIAA State High School Softball Tournament.

"We are very happy have coach Schneeberger join us as the new head softball coach at MATC. Del brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the table and has exhibited a tremendous passion for the game of softball throughout his life. We are confident that Del will be a positive and respected leader for our intercollegiate softball program," says Director of Athletics, Steve Hauser.

Coach Schneeberger has been an active member of the Wisconsin Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association since its inception and served as the WFSCA Executive Board member from 2998-2007. He is a native of Evansville, WI, and taught for 28 years at Johnson Creek Elementary School, prior to his retirement from teaching in 2006. He attended undergraduate and graduate school at UW-Whitewater where he earned both Bachelor if Science and Master's degrees.

"I am very excited about the opportunity of being the head softball coach at MATC. It has long been a goal of mine to coach at the collegiate level and MATC is the perfect fit," commented coach Schneeberger. "I am looking forward to getting the word out to coaches, student-athletes and their parents about the wonderful educational and intercollegiate softball opportunities available at MATC. I look forward to working with the student-athletes and in helping them grow and experience success on and off the field."

Schneeberger will be assisted by Kate Zelhofer during the 2008 campaign.