Head Coach: Amy (Tenute) Erickson
Record at Carleton: 133-245 (11 seasons)
Career Record: same
Phone: (507)222-5898
Email: aerickson@carleton.edu

Amy Erickson, who surpassed the 100-win total for her career in 2004, enters her 12th season at the helm of the Carleton College program and is the Knights’ all-time winningest softball coach.

Under Erickson'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 recorded double-digit win totals for nine consecutive seasons, also a new program standard.

Erickson 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.

Erickson also serves as Carleton's assistant volleyball coach and is an associate professor in Carleton's physical education, athletics and recreation department serve's as the department's senior women's administrator.

Assistant Coach Rob Ryden
Rob Ryden moves into his 10th 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. After a 15-year career in education, he currently serves as the director of worship at Emmaus Baptist Church in Northfield.

Assistant Coach Gerald Young
Gerald Young is in his ninth 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.