Softball | 8/18/2015 4:36:00 PM
POCATELLO, Idaho- Idaho State Director of Athletics
Jeff Tingey has named Candi Letts the new softball coach at ISU. Letts comes to Pocatello after serving the last three years as the head coach at Fairleigh Dickinson University. Letts has 18 years of head coaching experience at the Division I level as she has been the head coach at Colorado State, Ole Miss, Utah State and Fairleigh Dickinson.
"We are thrilled to welcome Candi to Idaho State," Idaho State Director of Athletics
Jeff Tingey said. "She came highly recommended from everybody I talked to. Her experience and knowledge of the game will be a great asset in the growth of our program."
Letts compiled a 60-62 (.492) record over three seasons as the head coach at FDU. She led the softball program to its first two trips to the Northeast Conference Tournament (2014, 2015) and emerged as a perennial contender in the NEC. The Knights also earned eight All-NEC selections during that span, including two first team honors following the 2015 season.
"I want to thank FDU for three great years," Letts said. "I had the pleasure of coaching many great student-athletes. I am excited about the opportunity to coach a great program here at Idaho State. To be conference champs three years in a row and to know there is still unfinished business is a challenge I look forward to."
Letts reestablished the softball program at Colorado State, where she coached from 1993-98. During her time in Fort Collins her team was ranked as high as No. 9 in the nation in 1997. She developed three All-Americans, six all-region athletes and 16 All-WAC performers. She was also named the West Region Coach of the Year and the WAC Coach of the Year in 1997.
Following Lett's time at CSU, she was named head coach at Ole Miss in 1998. She managed the program until 2005. During her time in Oxford, Letts coached three All-Southeastern Conference athletes and one Easton All-American. In 2005, Ole Miss set a school record that still stands for most wins in a season with 30.
Letts was the head coach at Utah State from 2006-09 before serving as the Associate Head Coach at UC Riverside from 2009-12.
"I want to thank Jeff (Tingey) and his staff for giving me this opportunity," Letts said. "I am excited to join the Idaho State Bengal family and I am looking forward to being a productive member of the community."
Letts also has experience as an assistant coach at Western Illinois (1988), Creighton (1988-93) and Northern Illinois (2005-06).
Letts played at Creighton from 1979-83 and she led her team to three straight trips to the College World Series. In 1980 she was named to the Iowa High School Pitchers Hall of Fame and 1996 she was inducted into the Iowa Softball Hall of Fame.
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