Meghan Nelson

Bio

Meghan Nelson finished her fourth season as an assistant coach at the University of Kansas in 2023. Nelson, a former assistant coach at Maryville University and Northwestern pitcher, was named a Kansas softball assistant coach in July 2019.

During the 2022 season, Nelson guided freshmen Katie Brooks and Olivia Bruno to stellar season, both finishing with an ERA below 5.00. The pitching staff recorded 224 total strikeouts, only allowing 187 walks.

In 2021, Nelson helped freshman Kasey Hamilton to a solid freshman season in. Hamilton led the Jayhawks with 59 strikeouts and one shutout. Nelson also guided Hailey Reed to 34 strikeouts and seven win’s during her senior season. Reed (No. 18 Missouri) and Hamilton (No. 23 Wichita State), along with sophomore Tatum Goff (No. 10 Oklahoma State), were also key factors in the circle for KU, as each one recorded a victory over a top-25 ranked opponent.

During the 2020 season, Nelson helped lead Goff to a strong freshman year in the shortened season where Goff appeared in 15 games and picked up five wins with two saves. Goff also led the team with 43 strikeouts.

Nelson spent three seasons at Maryville as an assistant softball coach and oversaw a 2019 pitching staff that registered a 1.82 earned run average in Great Lakes Valley Conference play. Nelson also coached Alyssa Callans, the program’s first Division II Conference Commissioners Association All-American (Third Team).

Prior to her time in St. Louis, Nelson was an assistant coach at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis and directly oversaw the pitching staff and three catchers.

Nelson played four seasons at Northwestern (2010-13) and started 43 games in the circle her final two years in Evanston, Illinois. In her senior season for the Wildcats, she posted a 10-6 record in 94.1 innings of work with 60 strikeouts. The Wildwood, Missouri native also finished the final two years of her career in purple and white with a .208 batting average in 130 at bats.