Coaching Staff
Head Coach: Amy Tenute
Record at Carleton: 125-186 (nine seasons)
Career Record: same
Phone: (507)646-5898
Email: atenute@carleton.edu
Amy Tenute, who surpassed the 100-win total for her career in 2004, moves into her 10th season as Carleton College’s all-time winningest softball coach.
Under Tenute's leadership, Carleton improved its record in each of her first three seasons, winning a school-record 21 games in 2000 and 19 games in 2002, the second-most in school history. The Knights finished at .500 or better in MIAC play from 2001-04, the longest such streak in school history, and have recorded double-digit win totals for the last eight seasons, also a new program standard.
Tenute was a four-year starter and two-time Academic All-American while playing catcher and third base at Moorhead State University (Minn.). She made three NAIA National Tournament appearances during her college career, receiving a prestigious NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship upon graduation. After graduating in 1994, she coached high school softball and later served as an assistant coach at Michigan State University before coming to Carleton.
Tenute also serves as Carleton's assistant volleyball coach and is an assistant professor in Carleton's physical education, athletics and recreation department.
Assistant Coach Rob Ryden
Rob Ryden moves into his seventh season as the Knights' pitching coach. A 1989 graduate of Luther College (Iowa), Ryden has previously coached at St. Bernard High School in St. Paul, Hamline University and at De La Salle High School. Ryden earned his master's degree in education from the University of Minnesota and is completing post-graduate work in Educational Administration at St. Mary's University. He is currently an assistant principal at De La Salle High School in Minneapolis and lives in rural Northfield.
Assistant Coach Gerald Young
Gerald Young is in his sixth season in the Knights' dugout. A former all-conference defensive end at Southwestern College (Kan.), Young served stints as a football assistant at St. Cloud State University, Western Oregon State University and MacMurray College (Ill.). He also was assistant coordinator of student-athlete services at Oregon State University. Young is an assistant coach for the Carleton football team, serves as Carleton's associate director of athletics and is an associate professor of physical education, athletics and recreation.
