Softball
- Title:
- Assistant Coach, Softball
- Email:
- jdail@athletics.pitt.edu
- Phone:
- 412-818-5279
Jordan Dail enters her third season as an assistant coach after joining the staff in July 2023.
Last season, Dail helped the Panthers return to the ACC Softball Championship for the first time since 2018 and led the day-to-day development of the pitching staff. Dail coached the pitching staff to three wins over a top 20 ranked opponent in the span of a week. First, freshman Gwen Sparks earned two wins over No. 16 Duke and No. 11 Virginia Tech while senior Kyra Pittman earned the win and secured the series win against the Hokies.
In 2024, Dail helped Olivia Stefanoni emerge as the ace for the Panthers after transferring from Akron prior to the start of the season. Stefanoni pitched 104.1 innings in 39 appearances after pitching just 22.2 innings with 12 appearances the season before. Dail also helped guide Adriana Romano to an outstanding performance against No. 7/8 Oklahoma State. Romano held the Cowgirls to one earned run on four hits with two walks and two strikeouts, over 5.2 innings.
Prior to Pittsburgh, Dail served as a volunteer assistant coach under Donna J. Papa at North Carolina for the 2022 season.
Dail had a successful pitching career at Oregon from 2019-2022 after playing her freshman season at Virginia Tech in 2018. In four seasons with the Ducks, Dail pitched over 368 innings in 85 appearances, tallying 32 wins, 28 complete games, three saves, 354 strikeouts, with two NCAA Tournament appearances and finished her career ranked 11th all-time in program history for strikeouts.
As a sophomore, Dail was a Second Team All-PAC-12 selection, throwing two no-hitters and becoming just the fourth Duck ever to throw multiple seven-inning no-hitters in one season. During the season, she led the Pac-12 by more than 70.0 innings pitched and ranked second in the nation during the regular season with a total of 248 innings of work, with wins over #1 UCLA and #8 LSU, and earning multiple PAC-12 Pitcher of the Week honors.
Dail played two seasons with the Texas Smoke of the Women's Professional Fastpitch (WPF). Dail was a won back-to-back championships in 2023 and 2024, including being a member of the team who won the inaugural WPF Championship in 2023.
