University of Sioux Falls Athletics

Head Coach Erin Bly enters her second season at the helm of Cougar Softball.

Bly came to USF after spending five seasons at Briar Cliff University in Sioux City, Iowa. After taking over the program in the summer of 2018, Bly led the Chargers to an overall record of 96-95. She produced 23 GPAC All-Conference athletes along with two GPAC Player of the Week nods and one NFCA All-Region athlete. Under her direction, the Chargers were three-time Top-10 NAIA GPA Team Award recipients. In the 2023 season, Bly led the Chargers to a 33-16 record while setting the single season win record for the program.

Prior to Briar Cliff, Bly served as the head softball coach at Clearwater Central Catholic High School in Clearwater, Florida from 2016-2018. She served as the lead instructor for The Fastpitch Formula in Tampa, Florida and Chicago, Illinois from 2006-2015. Meanwhile, Bly also served as the head coach for a premier travel ball team in Chicago, the Orland Park A's, from 2008-2011. She also spent a year as a sports information assistant at the University of South Florida in 2011 following her playing career.

As an athlete, Bly played three seasons with Drake University where she was a First Team All-Conference athlete for the Bulldogs as well as an Academic All-Conference and All-American Scholar athlete. In 2010, she transferred to the University of South Florida where she also earned Academic All-American honors.

Bly and her husband, Steve, reside in Sioux Falls.       

 Updated: 8/2024