Brad Huskisson begins his third full year as the head coach of the Lady Cougars Softball team and seventh year overall at Columbus State in the 2011-2012 year.  He served as interim head coach during the 2009 season and was the top assistant in the years prior.

While at Columbus State, Huskisson has been a part of a highly successful run including winning the Peach Belt Conference regular season and conference tournament twice.  In 2007, CSU set a school record with 58 wins, finishing third at the NCAA Division II World Series, the best finish in school history.  

In his first full season at the helm, Huskisson had a tough year going 21-28-1 and missed out on the conference tournament. However, Huskisson had a quick turnaround leading a young group of Lady Cougars to a 37-16 record in 2011. It was CSU’s best record since the 2007 season when the Lady Cougars went 58-5.

As the head coach, Huskisson has had eight All-Peach Belt Conference athletes in just two full seasons. As an assistant, he coached two NFCA All-Americans, two All-Region players and 14 All-PBC honorees.

He spent five years as the Head Coach at Brescia University in Kentucky prior to his arrival at CSU.  While at Brescia, Huskisson took a losing program and earned conference, regional, and national attention winning 153 games in his five seasons. His first year was the only losing season he had while at Brescia.  The 2004 season marked success when he led the Lady Bearcats to a 44-22 record, winning the KIAC regular season championship, the Region XII Tournament, and finishing ninth at the NAIA World Series. His 2005 squad posted a 29-16 slate and won its third-straight KIAC championship, along with the league tournament. Huskisson developed one All-America player, 13 All-Region players, and 49 All-Conference performers during his tenure at Brescia. He also produced 23 Academic All-America performers, over 100 Dean's List students and was named Region XII Coach of the Year in 2003 and 2004.

Huskisson is a graduate of Western Kentucky University and, in addition to his collegiate coaching experience, has coached at the middle and high school levels.

He resides in Columbus with his wife Robin, who is a nurse manager at St. Francis Hospital. In his spare time, he enjoys spending time with his wife and two labs, Katie and Dusty.

Tiffany Buckmaster will be entering her first year as a graduate assistant softball coach during the 2011-12 school year.  She will assist with the day-to-day operations with the softball program with an emphasis on recruiting and working with the outfielders and slap hitters.

Buckmaster finished off her four-year career at Bluffton University this past spring helping them make the conference tournament every season. She played an important part of the 2009 team that produced the school’s first-ever 30 win season as Buckmaster appeared in 38 games for the Beavers.  Bluffton also captured the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference that season.

Off the field, Buckmaster worked at the Doug Gillis Softball Academy alongside Doug Gillis and Eddie Kettlehut, member’s of the USA Men’s Softball Team.

Buckmaster graduated in May 2011 with a degree in Education with an emphasis on Health and Physical Education.  While at Columbus State, she plans to pursue a master’s degree in Public Administration with a concentration in Health Services.

Scott Wachholz will be entering his first year as a graduate assistant softball coach during the 2011-12 school year.  He will assist with the day-to-day operations with the softball program with an emphasis on recruiting, the strength and conditioning program and working with the corner infielders and bunting.

Wachholz arrives in Columbus after serving the last two and a half years as the assistant director of athletic performance at Hitters Sportplex in Middleton, Wisconsin where he worked alongside two former Division I strength and conditioning coaches. For the past year, he worked with the Sun Prairie High School as their strength and
conditioning coach as well as a softball coaching consultant.

The West Allis, WI native had a four-year stint as the head coach of the Pride of the Midwest, a U16 travel softball team. He got his start as a softball coach as a student assistant at the University of Wisconsin during the 2006 – 2008 seasons.

Wachholz earned his bachelor’s degree in Exercise Science and Psychology in 2010. He plans to pursue a master’s degree in Organizational Leadership with a concentration in Human Resources

Robin begins her fourth season as a volunteer assistant with the CSU Softball program.  Robin has spent a total of nine seasons as an assistant coach with her responsibilities ranging from coaching outfielders, first base coach, opponents scouting, recruiting, and game day management. In 2008, Robin began the year as the first base coach at CSU before being promoted to a Nurse Manager at St. Francis Hospital which has caused her to see limited time in her softball role.  Robin will continue her duties on the coaching staff in a game day management role.

Prior to joining the CSU Softball staff Robin was an assistant at Brescia University. During her time as an assistant coach at Brescia University, she was part of a staff that saw the program win five conference championships and two regional championships.

Robin graduated from Brescia University with honors while obtaining her degree in Medical Technology.  She also received her Nursing degree in 2004 from Owensboro Community College and is currently seeking a Masters Degree in Nursing from Troy University. In her spare time Robin enjoys reading and spending time with her two labs Katie and Dusty.

Thad Smith returns for another season as the character coach for the Columbus State University softball team for the 2011-2012 season.

Smith completed his undergrad studies at Columbia International University and then went on to obtain his master’s degree from Southwestern Seminary School in Fort Worth, Texas.

Having many years of experience, Smith is a well-known character coach around the state of Georgia. Including CSU softball, Smith currently works with the Ringgold High School baseball team and the Lakeview-Oglethorpe High School football team.

A native of Gainesville, GA, where most of his family lives today, Smith now resides in Midland, GA with his 11-year-old daughter and wife of almost 19 years. Smith is a pastor, biker, entrepreneur and a gear-heard. He enjoys fishing, boating, working, writing, the low country and South Carolina beach music.