ROCHESTER, NY – Longtime Nazareth softball head coach Jack Carpenter has retired as announced by Athletics Director Pete Bothner on Monday. Nazareth is making the head coaching position full-time and a national search is currently underway.
 
Carpenter vacates the head coaching position after compiling 350 career wins. He spent six seasons as the head coach of RIT before taking over the Nazareth head coaching duties part-time in 2007. In his 17-years at the helm, Carpenter was responsible for 211 wins for the Purple and Gold.  Carpenter helped re-introduce the sport of softball at Nazareth in 2007 after it had previously been a sport at the College from 1986-1991.
 
Carpenter's most wins came in 2016, when the Golden Flyers had 20. In 2022, the Golden Flyers earned their first-ever victory in the Empire 8 Championship after defeating Russel Sage, 4-3. He guided the Golden Flyers to five Empire 8 Softball Tournament appearances.
 
Carpenter was voted the Empire 8 Coach of the Year in 2017 after guiding the Golden Flyers to a 19-15 record and fourth seed in the conference tournament. During his tenure, Carpenter produced two Empire 8 Pitcher of the Year players in Emily Daciw in 2022 and Kelly Kocher in 2010.