Eastern Kentucky University (1998)
University of South Dakota (2002)
Overall Record: 734-436 (21 seasons)
San Jacinto College Record: 731-416 (20 seasons)
Hall of Famer Kelly Saenz enters her 20th season heading the San Jacinto College Coyotes Softball Team at the South Campus. She has built a respectable program that puts the college on the national radar. Case in point: The San Jac softball squad’s first berth in the National Junior College Athletic Association national tournament in 2008. To date, her players have won 63 percent of their games.
Softball has dominated Saenz’s youth and professional career. A Winnipeg shortstop with a power bat, Saenz helped the Smitty’s Midget girls’ division team in 1995 and 1996 to two of three consecutive Canadian championships. For her contributions, she made the Manitoba Softball Hall of Fame (2014) and, along with former teammates, the Softball Canada Hall of Fame (2015).
Saenz began her collegiate coaching career with Frank Phillips College’s Lady Plainsmen in 2003. The 1998 Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Year, she holds a bachelor’s degree in physical education from Eastern Kentucky University and a master’s in health, physical education, and recreation from the University of South Dakota. She and her husband, Mike, live in Houston.
THE SAENZ COACHING FILE
Year College Record
2003 Frank Phillips College 3-20
2004 San Jacinto College 38-23
2005 San Jacinto College 35-23
2006 San Jacinto College 18-31
2007 San Jacinto College 37-13
2008 San Jacinto College 41-17
2009 San Jacinto College 43-19
2010 San Jacinto College 31-29
2011 San Jacinto College 40-21
2012 San Jacinto College 45-1
2013 San Jacinto College 40-25
2014 San Jacinto College 41-24
2015 San Jacinto College 34-25
2016 San Jacinto College 38-25
2017 San Jacinto College 43-21
2018 San Jacinto College 24-31
2019 San Jacinto College 37-27
2020 San Jacinto College 19-4 (shortened season due to COVID-19)
2021 San Jacinto College 43-10
2022 San Jacinto College 42-16
2023 San Jacinto College 42-19
Overall: 734-436
