Marisa DeStasio was promoted to Associate Head Coach in January 2022.
DeStasio was named Assistant Softball Coach at Monmouth in August 2016 after six seasons as head coach at Muhlenberg College. In her six seasons at Muhlenberg, she posted 131-99-1 record (.569 winning percentage), including a 65-31 (.677) record in Centennial Conference play. She won 100 games in her first four years at Muhlenberg, becoming the first coach in the college’s athletic history to win 100 games over any four-year span, no less in her first four seasons.
DeStasio helped lead the Hawks to 11 wins in 2022 including a shutout victory over ACC opponent North Carolina. She guided the team to six wins in the MAAC and sent out the seniors with a sweep over Quinnipiac on Senior Day. Lindsey Baron and Julia Thuer were members of the Preseason All-MAAC team, while Billie Kerwood earned a spot on the MAAC All-Rookie team at the end of the season. The Hawks picked up notable wins over in-state rival Seton Hall (9-1) and future CAA foe Delaware (6-4) in late March.
In 2021, DeStasio helped lead Monmouth to its third consecutive MAAC Regular Season Championship after compiling a 25-7 (25-7 MAAC) record. She helped five different student-athletes earn All-MAAC honors. Senior Alyssa Irons, senior Katie Harrington, and junior Lindsey Baron were all named to the All-MAAC First Team, while senior Erika Coreth and freshman Julia Thuer were tabbed All-MAAC Second Team. Thuer was also the lone unanimous selection to the MAAC All-Rookie Team. Notable wins include 16-3 over Quinnipiac, 12-0 over Quinnipiac, 16-1 over Saint Peter's, 11-2 at Niagara, 14-3 at Niagara, and 12-2 against Saint Peter's. She helped guide the Hawks to nine straight wins in late April.
Although the 2020 season was cut short due to COVID-19, DeStasio helped guide the Hawks to multiple impressive wins, ending with an 11-9 record. The team was selected to finish first in the MAAC Preseason Poll, and sophomore Lindsey Baron was named Preseason Player of the Year. In the third game of the season, Monmouth earned a 7-5 win over Purdue, led by four home runs. The Hawks earned another win over a Big Ten opponent on February 22, defeating Maryland 2-1. An offensive explosion propelled Monmouth over Maryland Eastern Shore on March 1, 20-3. The Hawks registered 21 hits, which were the most in eight years.
In 2019, DeStasio helped lead Monmouth its second straight MAAC Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance. The Hawks closed the campaign with a 36-18 overall record, winning the second most games for a single season in program history.
DeStasio helped guide the Hawks to historic heights in 2018, as the team won its first-ever conference tournament championship and made its first NCAA appearance. The Hawks also won their first Regular Season Championship since 1999 after registering a 19-1 MAAC record, which broke the record for the most conference wins in team and MAAC history.
DeStasio led the Mules, who were picked fifth in the preseason poll, to the CC Championship and a berth in the NCAA Tournament in her first year as Head Coach. The Mules won 25 games (one short of the school record at the time) and shattered school records for runs, doubles, home runs and extra-base hits in a season.
After a 19-19 season in 2012, Muhlenberg exploded with a 31-9-1 record in 2013, setting the College record for wins in a season by any sport. The Mules won the CC Regular Season title by a record-tying four games and received votes in the national poll for the first time in more than 20 years. Five of Muhlenberg's wins came against teams that went on to earn NCAA Tournament berths.
The Mules made it back-to-back regular-season titles in 2014, finishing 25-13 and climbing to No. 4 in the NCAA regional rankings. In her six seasons, DeStasio coached two CC Players of the Year and one CC Pitcher of the Year, four all-region selections and 22 All-CC picks.
Prior to coming to Muhlenberg, DeStasio spent the three years as an assistant at Lafayette, helping the Leopards to a school-record 27 wins in 2008 and their first two appearances in the Patriot League Championship game in 2008 and 2009. In 2006 DeStasio was an assistant at MacMurray College in Illinois, where she also served on the event management staff.
A four-year starter at multiple positions at Binghamton University, she was named All-America East Conference Second Team in 2003 as a utility player. She is the Bearcats' all-time leader with 34 sacrifice hits and also ranks in the top five in career stolen bases (tied for third, 19); runs (fourth, 60); hits (fifth, 114); games played (fifth, 160) and at-bats (second, 493).
DeStasio graduated from Binghamton in 2005 with a degree in human development and received her master's in athletic coaching education from West Virginia in 2008.
