Head Coach Jennifer Claybrook
Phone: (706) 880-8032
E-mail: jclaybrook@lagrange.edu
  
Jennifer Claybrook has been the Panthers' head coach for six seasons. In 2009 Claybrook guided the Panthers to their third straight GSAC Championship Tournament title and a berth in the NCAA Division III national tournament. The Panthers finished the season 25-21, their sixth winning season in the seven years Claybrook has been head coach.

Claybrook served as an assistant for two years before being named head coach in 2003. In six years, the Panthers are 155-109 under Claybrook, who has the most career wins by a Panther head coach during the fastpitch era.

The Panthers have produced six United States Collegiate Athletic Association All-Americans, four NCAA South All-Region selections and 22 GSAC All-Conference selections since Claybrook became coach. The Panthers also have three GSAC Player of the Year awards and a GSAC Pitcher of the Year award.

In 2006, the Panthers were 32-11 under Claybrook. It was the most wins by the Panthers since becoming an NCAA Division III member. The Panthers ranked nationally in all 11 statistical categories kept by the NCAA, the first LaGrange College athletic team to do so. Claybrook was named the GSAC Coach of the Year for the second time.

In her first season, Claybrook guided the Panthers to a 25-17 overall record and the GSAC regular season championship. The Panthers were runner-ups in the conference tournament and the USCAA National Championship Tournament. 

Claybrook has been in the athletic department for 12 years, first as a student-athlete, as an assistant coach and now as head coach. She has also served as assistant volleyball coach for eight years and as an assistant coach for basketball.

A Fayetteville, Ga. native, Claybrook was a four-time Georgia-Alabama-Carolina all-conference selection in softball and named to the NFCA First Team South All-Region team in 2000. She was a member of the first basketball team when the program was restarted in 1999.

Claybrook was a NFCA Scholar Athlete and a three-time NAIA Academic All-American. She received the school's Eagle Award, while compiling a 3.84 grade point average.

Claybrook graduated magna cum laude with a degree in Middle Grades Education and also has earned a master's degree in Middle Grades Education from LaGrange.

In addition to her coaching duties, Claybrook serves as an advisor for the LaGrange College chapter of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes.

She is married to Jim Claybrook and they have a son, J.J.

Assistant Coach Roy DeMooney

DeMooney finished his third year as assistant coach for LaGrange in 2009.   

The father of coach Jennifer Claybrook, he  assists in developing the outfielders and as the hitting instructor.
 
He has been a member of the National Youth Sports Coaches Association for 28 years.  DeMooney has two world championships and ten top-three finishes in both slow and fast-pitch softball. He has had seven former players to play at LaGrange; including two of his daughters, Jennifer and Jessica. 

He and his wife, Irene, have five children; Courtney, Jennifer, Clinton, Clayton and Jessica.  He has been a small business owner in Atlanta for 33 years.



Graduate Assistant Coach Kristi Underwood

Underwood begins her first year with the Panther softball program. She is a 2009 LaGrange College graduate with a degree in Early Childhood Education. Underwood was a four-year starter for the Panther softball team. She played on three Great South Athletic Conference Tournament Champions and three NCAA National Tournament playoff teams.

Underwood earned GSAC All-Academic honors for two straight years. She was the team's Co-Most Valuable Defensive Player as a senior. Underwood led the team and the GSAC in assists as a senior. She was selected to the GSAC All-Freshman team in 2006. Underwood finished her career with .298 batting average.