Allegheny College Athletics

Beth Curtiss has served as head coach of the Allegheny softball team since the 2013 campaign. During her tenure, she has guided the Gators to a pair of North Coast Athletic Conference Championship Tournaments, including a memorable 2013 campaign in which the Gators captured the tournament title, and advanced to the Great Lakes Regional championship game.
 
Under Curtiss’ watch, over 20 Gators have earned All-NCAC honors, while numerous team records have been shattered.
 
Prior to her arrival in Meadville, Curtiss spent nine years at Gannon University, including nine as head coach of the Golden Knights. Under Curtiss’ guidance, Gannon qualified for the NCAA Division II Championship Tournament for three consecutive seasons starting in 2005. In 2007, she led Gannon to the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletics Conference (GLIAC) regular-season and tournament championship.
 
With a career record of 266-139, Curtiss totaled the second-most wins in program history, while her winning percentage of .656 is the best in the history of Gannon softball. During her tenure with the Golden Knights, she also helped guide Joanna Fergus and Jaclyn Corroto to National Fast Pitch Coaches Association (NFCA) All-America accolades and saw the breaking of 30 individual season and career records.
 
In her first season with Gannon, she guided the then-Lady Knights to a 40-14 record, which was the second-best single-season mark in program history. Gannon won at least 20 games every year under Curtiss’ tutelage, while the 2002 and 2003 squads advanced to the GLIAC Tournament Championship. The Golden Knights made national noise during the 2005 campaign, earning the program’s first NCAA Tournament victory en route to another stellar season. The following season, Curtiss’ club excelled even further, finishing one win away from the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Regional Championship while boasting a 41-18 overall record. 
 
After taking a pause in her coaching career following the 2008 campaign, Curtiss served for three years as an admissions representative at the Fortis Institute in Erie, Pa. In 2011, she was an assistant for Division II Mercyhurst College with an emphasis on training the defensive infielders.
 
Curtiss graduated Summa Cum Laude from Gannon University with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary/Early Childhood Education in 1999.  As a player, she was a four-year letterwinner for the Knights, twice earning All-GLIAC honors while also being named to the NFCA All-Academic team. 

Before becoming head coach at Gannon, Curtiss served for four years as the head coach of the Pittsburgh Metro Express (16-under) managing and coaching high school athletes in the Junior Olympic Development program.
 
Curtiss and her husband Shaun reside in Meadville, with daughter Grace and son Luke.

Allegheny Career Coaching Highlights
 

• PAC Championship Appearance
• Five All-PAC Selections: Aleya Belardinelli (1st), Olivia Devries (1st), Samantha Phillips (1st), Sofia Genareo (2nd), Cameron Long (HM)

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