Amanda Lehotak
# Amanda Lehotak

Amanda Lehotak is an American softball coach who was the head coach at Penn State.

## Early life and education

Lehotak played softball for Daniel J. Gross High School in Bellevue, Nebraska. She began her college career at the University of Mississippi played for two seasons (2000–2001) then transferring to the University of Nebraska-Omaha to play for two more years (2002–2003).

## Coaching career

### Jacksonville

Lehotak was named head softball coach of the Jacksonville Softball Program on June 30, 2006. She was promoted from assistant coach to head coach after Melissa Gentile resigned as head coach after one season.

### Penn State

Penn State named Lehotak the seventh head softball coach of the Penn State Softball Program on July 22, 2013. She was hired after two mediocre seasons at UTSA. On July 6, 2020, Lehotak resigned as head coach of the Nittany Lions.

## Head coaching record

### College

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Statistics overview :

| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jacksonville (Atlantic Sun Conference) (2007–2011) ||||||
| 2007 | Jacksonville | 15–43 | 4–14 | 10th | |
| 2008 | Jacksonville | 21–39 | 5–17 | 11th | |
| 2009 | Jacksonville | 24–31 | 7–13 | 7th | |
| 2010 | Jacksonville | 33–23 | 10–10 | 6th | |
| 2011 | Jacksonville | 44–16 | 18–2 | 1st | NCAA Regional |
| Jacksonville: | Jacksonville: | 137–152 (.474) | 44–56 (.440) | | |
| UTSA Roadrunners (Southland Conference) (2012–present) ||||||
| 2012 | UTSA | 24–28 | 12–8 | T-3rd | |
| UTSA Roadrunners (Western Athletic Conference) (2013–present) ||||||
| 2013 | UTSA | 27–26 | 9–12 | 5th | |
| UTSA: | UTSA: | 51–54 (.486) | 21–20 (.512) | | |
| Penn State Nittany Lions (Big Ten Conference) (2014–Present) ||||||
| 2014 | Penn State | 14–35 | 5–18 | T-10th | |
| 2015 | Penn State | 29–28 | 9–14 | T-8th | |
| 2016 | Penn State | 30–24 | 14–9 | 4th | |
| 2017 | Penn State | 23–33 | 8–15 | 12th | |
| 2018 | Penn State | 9–41 | 5–18 | 13th | |
| 2019 | Penn State | 24–32 | 7–16 | 10th | |
| 2020 | Penn State | 11–15 | | | Season canceled due to COVID-19 |
| Penn State: | Penn State: | 140–208 (.402) | 48–90 (.348) | | |
| Total: | Total: | 328–414 (.442) | | | |
| National champion   Postseason invitational champion   Conference regular season champion   Conference regular season and conference tournament champion  Division regular season champion  Division regular season and conference tournament champion  Conference tournament champion ||||||
