Martin Methodist's Paul Reaches 300 Wins
March 25, 2009
Story courtesy of Martin Methodist Sports Information Office
Pulaski, TN - Coach Brandie Paul won her 300th game yesterday (March 24) as the coach of the Martin Methodist College Softball team. Her 300th win came in the RedHawks game one 10-0 victory over Mid-Continent University.
Paul is currently in her ninth season as head coach at Martin Methodist and the 2009 team is 23-6 and ranked No. 12 in the NAIA. She has a current record of 301- 174 with the RedHawks program and has the most wins as a coach in the programs history. In her twelfth season as a head collegiate coach she has a 379-262 record.
Coach Paul began her career as a coach as head softball and volleyball coaches at Jefferson Davis Community College in Brewton, Alabama. She took the reins of the softball program in February of 1998, where the team posted an 8-37 record to finish last in the state tournament. Under the direction of Coach Paul, however, the team finished the 1999 season at 32-33 with an All-Conference player and two Academic All-Americans. In her third and final season at JDCC, Coach Paul led her 2000 squad to a 38-18 finish and their first break into the Junior College national poll. In addition, the team placed third at the state tournament and earned an All-Conference selection and two Academic All-Americans.
The 2001 season brought about a move to Martin Methodist College for Coach Paul, where her team recorded a 22-25 record. In just three additional seasons, the RedHawks produced a complete turn around under the guidance of Coach Paul. The team finished out 2004 at 39-18 with their best season yet on the horizon.
An instrumental figure in the success of Martin Methodist softball, Coach Paul had a career-best season in 2005. The RedHawks finished the season 46-16, bringing home their first-ever TranSouth Tournament Championship. The honors, however, did not stop there as Coach Paul would earn her first TranSouth Coach of the Year accolade. Ranked as high as 11th in the national polls, MMC softball would go on to make their first-ever NAIA National Tournament appearance with the program's first named All-American.
After a successful 2007 season in the TranSouth Conference, Coach Paul was named as the TSAC Coach of the Year for the second time in her career. Posting a 39-15 record, the 2007 squad made their sixth straight appearance in the Region XI Tournament. April 6, 2007 brought about Coach Paul's 300th career win, while the RedHawks saw their first break into the NAIA Top Ten in 2007.
In 2008, Coach Paul led the RedHawks to a 45-15 mark with a No. 17 NAIA rank to close out the season. MMC finished as the TranSouth regular season runner-up before advancing to the Region XI Tournament to capture runner-up tournament accolades.
