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Coaching Staff
 Head
Softball Coach
Howie Smith
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21st
year as Head Softball Coach (504-461 overall record), 26th overall
at Dodge City Community College
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Hometown:
Hoisington, KS
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High School:
Hoisington High School
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Colleges:
Bethany
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Howie Smith begins his 21st
season as the Head Softball Coach at Dodge City Community
College. His record stands at 504 wins against 461 losses, which
includes three (3) conference championships (1991, 1999, 2003),
two (2) Region VI championships (2000, 2002), one (1) West
Sub-Regional Championship (2004), three (3) conference runner-up
championships (1994, 1998, 2005), two (2) Region VI runner-up
finishes (1997, 1998) and two trips to the NJCAA Softball World
Series (2000, 2002) which included a 4th place finish at the
2000 World Series held in Kissimmee Florida.
In 1997, Smith was named KJCCC Coach of the Year in the Western
Division, and in 2000, Smith and his assistant were named NFCA
(National Fastpitch Coaches Association) West Region Coaching
Staff of the Year, and a finalist for the National Coach of the
Year.
Coach Smith is the Chairperson for the NFCA
Junior College Lead-Off Softball Classic that is held every
third year in Panama City Florida and has held that position for
the past ten (10) years. He is also the West Representative for
Division II All-American selections thru the NFCA.
After graduating from Bethany College, Smith went back home and
coached football and wrestling at Hoisington High School, and
then in 1985 took the Assistant Softball Coach Position at DCCC.
While at DCCC, Smith has had 80 players receive All-Conference
Recognition, 45 players receive All-Region VI honors, and 8
eight players receive All-American recognition. At the 2000
World Series, DCCC had one player named to the All-Tournament
team. The softball program has also produced 30 NJCAA Academic
All-Americans.
Smith has one daughter, Chantel (age 18) who is a senior at
Dodge City High School.
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 Assistant Softball Coach
Annie Romanello
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2nd
year as Assistant Coach
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Hometown:
Cayuga, IN
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High School:
North Vermillion High School
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Colleges: College: DePauw University
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Romanello enters her second season as an assistant coach at Dodge
City Community College. Romanello has previous coaching
experience ranging from 12 & Under to the college ranks as a
graduate assistant at Lakeland College in Sheboygan, Wisconsin
in 2008.
Romanello has four years of college playing experience at
DePauw University where the team finished 5th at the 2007 NCAA
Division III Women’s College World Series.
Annie's
husband, Tim, is the head men's and women's soccer coach.
They have a son, Taylor James, who was born on 12/13/11.
They
currently reside in Dodge City, Kansas.
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