Melissa Gentile

Melissa "Skeeter" Gentile is an American softball coach who is currently an assistant coach at Washington University in St. Louis.^[1] She was the former head coach at Eastern Michigan.^[2]

Melissa Gentile

Current position
Title	Assistant Coach
Team	Washington University
Conference	University Athletic Association
Biographical details
Born	(1978-03-14) March 14, 1978 (age 47) O'Fallon, Missouri
Alma mater	Michigan Central Michigan
Playing career
1996–2000	Michigan
1996–2000	USA Women's Softball Team
Position(s)	Catcher
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2000–2002	Central Michigan (asst.)
2003–2005	Eastern Michigan (asst.)
2006	Jacksonville
2014–2018	Eastern Michigan
2024–Present	Washington University (asst.)
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
2002–2003	Michigan Sports Academy (Dir. of Softball Operations)
2006–2013	Powerline Softball (Owner/Director)
Head coaching record
Overall	100–211 (.322)
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
As a Player: Drafted by the Akron Racers professional team (2000) 2× Big Ten regular-season champions (1998, 1999) 3× Big Ten tournament champions (1997, 1998, 2000)
Awards
As a Player: Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Year (1997) First Team All-Big Ten Conference (1998) Second Team All-Big Ten Conference (1997) All-Region (1998) All-American (1998) Women’s College World Series All-Tournament Team (1997)

Early life and education

Gentile graduated from Wentzville High School. She played softball for Michigan from 1996 to 2000, where she was four-year letter winner.^[3] She graduated from the University of Michigan in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in kinesiology. She earned her master's degree in athletic administration from Central Michigan University in 2005.^[2]

Coaching career

Jacksonville University

Melissa Gentile was the head coach of the Jacksonville softball program for one season. Following the 2006 season, on June 30, 2006, Gentile resigned as head coach of the Jacksonville softball program, her replacement would be the program's assistant coach Amanda Lehotak.^[4]

Eastern Michigan University

On July 29, 2013, Melissa Gentile was announced as the new head coach of the Eastern Michigan softball program.^[5][6] On March 20, 2018, Eastern Michigan announced that they would be cutting four sports including the softball program effective at the end of the 2018 Spring season.^[7] On February 12, 2019, a judge ruled that Eastern Michigan must reinstate two women's programs including softball. It is unclear whether Gentile will return as coach.^[8] Eastern Michigan would not reinstate the softball program.

Washington University in St. Louis

On August 25, 2023, Gentile was hired as an assistant coach for the Washington University softball program.^[9]

Head coaching record

College

Statistics overview

Season	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Postseason
Jacksonville Dolphins (Atlantic Sun Conference) (2006–present)
2006	Jacksonville	22–37	6–14	9th
Jacksonville:		22–37 (.373)	6–14 (.300)
Eastern Michigan Eagles (Mid-American Conference) (2014–2018)
2014	Eastern Michigan	13–37	4–16	6th (West)
2015	Eastern Michigan	18–32	6–13	6th (West)
2016	Eastern Michigan	19–32	9–14	5th (West)
2017	Eastern Michigan	17–34	3–20	6th (West)
2018	Eastern Michigan	11–39	6–17	6th
Eastern Michigan:		78–174 (.310)	28–80 (.259)
Total:		100–211 (.322)
National champion         Postseason invitational champion         Conference regular season champion         Conference regular season and conference tournament champion       Division regular season champion       Division regular season and conference tournament champion       Conference tournament champion