Terry Schweikert - Volunteer Assistant Coach - Softball Coaches

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Terry Schweikert

Title:
Volunteer Assistant Coach
Email:
Terry.schweikert@csun.edu

Terry Schweikert enters her third season as CSUN's volunteer assistant coach 2024-25.

Over her first two seasons, Schweikert has helped CSUN win 53 games while the Matadors played in the postseason for the first time since 2015 with their appearance in the 2023 National Invitational Softball Championship.

Schweikert joined the CSUN staff from UC Riverside where she worked for the Highlanders from 2017-22. Beginning as an assistant coach, Schweikert was promoted to associate head coach for her final three seasons in Riverside. The program’s hitting coach, she was in the first base coaches’ box on game day and oversaw operations for the entire UC Riverside program. In 2018, UC Riverside won an NISC Regional Championship and was the tournament runner-up.

Before joining the Highlanders, Schweikert was the director of operations at Texas A&M from 2013-16. She was responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Aggies' softball program, including administrative duties involving team travel, budgeting, marketing and promotions, on-campus recruiting, and alumni relations.

Before A&M, Schweikert was the Director of Teamsmith, a travel softball organization, from 2005-13. At Teamsmith, Schweikert oversaw eight youth softball teams in the 10U-18U divisions.

Before joining Teamsmith in September of 2005, Schweikert was co-head coach of the New York Juggernaut professional softball team for one year. Schweikert moved to Teamsmith and the Juggernaut from Cal State Fullerton where she was an assistant coach from 2001-05. Under Schweikert's tutelage, the Titans produced two first-team All-Americans, three pro players, and one Olympian in former UCR pitching coach Jodie Cox, while winning two Big West titles and making a run to the NCAA Sweet 16. Schweikert was also a part of the 2002 and 2003 NFCA Regional Coaching Staff of the Year.

Schweikert went to Cal State Fullerton from Nebraska, serving on the Huskers’ staff from 1998-2001. At Nebraska, Schweikert was both the middle infield coach and the outfield coach and took responsibility for the Cornhuskers' short game and base running. The Huskers were the 2001 Big 12 Champions and the 2000 Big 12 Tournament Champions with Schweikert in the dugout and appeared in two Sweet 16 rounds. The Huskers’ staff was named the 2001 NFCA Regional Coaching Staff of the Year.

Schweikert's NCAA coaching career began at her alma mater in August 1996. The Mizzou alum coached the Tigers' first first-team All-American (Barb Wright) and led the team to both the 1997 Big 12 regular season and tournament championships. Schweikert and her peers were selected as the 1997 Big 12 Staff of the Year and the 1997 Midwest Region Staff of the Year.

After graduating from Missouri in 1985 with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Education, Schweikert coached at Parkview High School in Springfield, Mo. (1985-91) and Hopkins High School in Hopkins, Minn. (1991-96).

A two-year captain at Mizzou, Schweikert garnered All-Midwest Region honors and was the 1983-84 Missouri Softball Player of the Year. After earning Rookie of the Year status in 1981-82, she led the Tigers to the 1983 Women's College World Series.

Schweikert was a 1990 American Softball Association (ASA) first-team All-American and was a member of the 1990 ASA Women's Major Slow Pitch Championship team. She is a member of the National Fastpitch Coaches' Association (NFCA).