Beth Krysiak is in her fourth season as an assistant coach on the Columbia softball staff. Krysiak was hired in October of 2019 with nine years of collegiate coaching experience, including five as the head coach at the University of Dallas.
Krysiak works primarily with Columbia’s pitching staff while assisting with all of the day-to-day operations of the team, including recruiting, scouting and practice planning.
“I am excited and grateful to be brought on as a part of the Columbia softball program and would like to thank Jennifer Teague for bringing me on board,” Krysiak said upon her hire. "Columbia University is a world-class institution and I am honored to be a part of the softball program that is representing the University in amazing ways on and off the field. I look forward to diving in to being a part of the success of Columbia University softball.”
“We are extremely excited to welcome Beth to our program,” head coach Jennifer Teague said. “She comes to us with quite a bit of experience as an administrator, assistant coach and head coach. Personally, I am excited to see her take our extremely talented pitching staff to the next level. She brings a great deal of positive energy, which is a quality that our pitching staff loved when they met with her during the interview process.”
Krysiak spent the 2018-19 season building a new softball program at NCAA Div. III Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh. The team won 13 games in its first season including five in the University Athletic Association. Krysiak’s duties included recruiting, managing the pitchers and catchers, including a freshman that earned Second Team All-UAA honors, working with the infield and hitters, putting together scouting reports and assisting with planning and running practice.
Prior her stint at Carnegie Mellon, Krysiak spent five years as the head coach at the University of Dallas. Krysiak turned around a program that went 6-23 the year before she arrived into 20-game winners in both 2015 and 2016. The Crusaders won four games in the 2016 Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Tournament, marking Dallas’ deepest postseason run in team history.
Krysiak’s extensive coaching experience also includes a season as the assistant coach at Prairie View A&M, a season at Buena Vista University and two years as a graduate assistant coach at Ottawa University in Kansas.
A five-year softball player at Centenary College of Louisiana, Krysiak graduated with a double bachelor’s degree in both health and exercise science and psychology in May of 2010. She went on to earn her master’s from Ottawa University in 2012.
