Coaches' Bio

Jan Reddinger

Head Coach

The longest tenured and winningest softball coach in Westminster College history, Jan Reddinger won her 400th career game with the Titans in 2011. Having won at least 17 games in all 16 years with the team, Reddinger’s teams are contenders every year. Westminster has averaged 23 wins per season with Reddinger as coach, including seven postseason appearances and conference championships in 1997, 1998 and 2005.

Entering her 17th season with Westminster in 2013, Reddinger boasts a 16-year record of 368-266-2 (.580) with the Titans and a 21-year career mark of 424-327-2 (.564). In 2011, she became the 51st softball coach in NCAA Division III history to reach 400 career wins.

Reddinger led Westminster to its first Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) title in 2005, while also piloting the team to postseason appearances in the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division III South Championships in 2005 and 2007. Reddinger was also named PAC Coach of the Year in 2007.

In her first and second seasons at the helm of Westminster softball in 1997 and 1998, Reddinger led the Titans to their fifth and sixth straight conference/district crowns, including a trip to the NAIA Northeast Regional Tournament in 1998. Reddinger’s 2001 team also qualified for the ECAC Division III playoffs after setting team records for wins (32) and consecutive wins (17) in a season with a 32-13 record.

In addition to her softball duties, Reddinger serves as a physical education instructor at Westminster. She previously served as an assistant coach of the Titan women’s soccer program and the head women’s basketball coach for four years.

Prior to coming to Westminster, Reddinger served as head softball coach and assistant basketball coach at La Roche College. Reddinger has a bachelor of arts degree in physical/health education from West Liberty State College, where she played both softball and basketball. She earned a master’s degree in physical education/sports administration from Eastern Illinois University.

Reddinger's Year-by-Year Records:

As Westminster Head Coach Record  
2012 22-19  
2011 19-16  
2010 25-16  
2009 17-21-1  
2008 21-15  
2007 24-15 ECAC Tournament
2006 22-18  
2005 29-10 PAC Champions / ECAC Tournament
2004 28-13  
2003 17-20-1  
2002 17-12 ECAC Tournament
2001 32-13 ECAC Tournament
2000 29-15  
1999 20-24  
1998 24-18 KECC Champions / NAIA Regionals
1997 22-21 KECC Champions / NAIA Regionals
Record at Westminster (16 years) 368-266-2 (.580)  
     
As La Roche Head Coach    
1996 7-13  
1995 13-11  
1994 12-12  
1993 14-10 NAIA District 18 Champions
1992 10-15  
Record at La Roche (5 years) 56-61 (.479)  
     
Career Record (21 years) 424-327-2 (.564)  


John Pinkerton

Assistant Coach

John Pinkerton enters his 16th season as an assistant coach with the Westminster softball team in 2013.

Pinkerton, the father of former Titan standout pitcher/outfielder Bethany Pinkerton, is involved in all aspects of the Westminster softball program and serves as first base coach and the team’s pitching coach. He also conducts pitching clinics throughout the Pittsburgh area.

Pinkerton is employed full time as a supervisor at Armstrong Steel and resides in Darlington.

DiAndra DiBacco

Assistant Coach


DiAndra DiBacco begins her first year as an assistant coach in the 2013 season.

DiBacco was a four-year letter-winner and starter at second base for Westminster from 2007-11. She start­ed in all 148 games of her career. Diabacco is tied for most sacrifices in a season in Westmin­ster softball history with 16. A two-year captain for the Titans, DiBacco earned second-team all-PAC honors in 2009 and 2011. DiBacco was also tabbed on the PAC Honor Roll in 2009.

A Boardman, Ohio native, DiBacco earned her bachelor’s degree in communications studies with a minor in public relations from Westminster in 2011. DiBacco currently resides in Neshannock, Pa. and is working on her master’s at Westminster.




Charlene Macri

Assistant Coach


A volunteer coach for over 10 years, Charlene Macri enters her third year as a part-time assistant for the Westminster softball team in 2013.

Macri is a member of the Lawrence County Sports Hall of Fame for playing basketball and softball at New Castle High School until 1985. She was also an accomplished adult-league softball player having played all over the country.

Macri is a WPIAL high school basketball official and she works in the Westminster College physical plant.