Rod Radcliffe enters his third season with Toledo after spending 10 seasons as the head coach of Bethel (MN) University.
Radcliffe primarily works with the outfielders and hitters at Toledo. Last season, he coached former Rocket Jessica Lemieux to a second-team All-MAC selection in the outfield. Since arriving at UT, Radcliffe has helped the Rockets increase their total doubles, home runs, stolen bases and fielding percentage.
Over the course of his time at Bethel, Radcliffe amassed 223 wins and produced two NFCA All-Americans and 25 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honorees. He holds the program record for wins, conference winning percentage and winning streak in a single season.
The 2013 MIAC Coach of the Year, Radcliffe took Bethel to the postseason in five of his last seven seasons, including back-to-back championship game appearances in 2013 and 2014. Also in 2013, Radcliffe’s Royals set a Bethel record with 27 wins.
Radcliffe also was the head softball coach for the United States Team for Competitive Edge International in Thailand and Laos in 2003, 2005 and 2008, and in Myanmar in 2011.
For the past four years, Radcliffe has helped coach at Butler’s Pro Softball Camps.
Prior to his time at Bethel, Radcliffe had stints as a coach at Ackley-Geneva (IA) High School, Hampton-Dumont (IA) High School and Ellsworth (IA) Community College.
Radcliffe and his wife Julie have three children: Adam, Tyler and Koby.
