COLUMBUS, Ohio – Kirin Kumar has accepted the head softball coach position at Ohio State.
 
In just four years, Kumar transformed Miami softball, not just into a MAC power, but a program feared on the national stage. The RedHawks compiled a 174-56-1 overall and 107-16 in Mid-American Conference play since Kumar's arrival.

Under Kumar's leadership, the RedHawks captured four MAC Regular Season Championships, three MAC Tournament Championship (there was no MAC Tournament in 2021), four trips to the NCAA Tournament, 32 All-MAC honorees, 23 all-region awards, six All-America honorees, three MAC Freshman of the Year award winners, two MAC Player of the Year winners and one MAC Pitcher of the Year. 

This past season the RedHawks finished with a 49-9 overall and 26-1 MAC record. Miami led the country in runs per game and home runs (160), falling one shy of matching the NCAA record for home runs in a season. Both Karli Spaid and Jenna Golembiewski earned All-America honors and eight different RedHawks earned First-Team All-MAC.
 
A search for Kumar's replacement will begin immediately.