Cal Poly Softball Welcomes Brie Galicinao as New Pitching Coach
7/15/2022 1:47:00 PM | Softball
SAN LUIS OBISPO – Two months out from the 2022 season finale, the Cal Poly softball program finalized its coaching lineup for 2023 with the announcement that former UC Santa Barbara head coach Brie Galicinao has been named as an assistant and pitching coach.
UC Santa Barbara's head coach from 2008 to 2022, Galicinao departed the Gauchos program ranked ninth in Big West history with 343 victories and 12th with 138 conference wins. Twice named Big West Coach of the Year, Galicinao's teams produced more 30-win seasons – five – than any previous UC Santa Barbara head coach.
"We're excited to welcome Brie to the Mustang softball family," 18th-year head coach Jenny Condon said. "She knows the Big West Conference extremely well and knows how to win. Her knowledge and experience working with pitchers and calling games will help our pitching staff from the start. She'll be a great complement to our staff and I can't wait to get her on campus working with our team."
Galicinao became the 11th coach to win 300 games at a Big West member program on May 11, 2019 while UC Santa Barbara's 35-win season in 2014 matched the program record for total victories.
Under Galicinao, UC Santa Barbara produced 63 total All-Big West selections with the program enjoying 34 Big West All-Academic honors. UC Santa Barbara's first major individual conference accolades were all earned with Galicinao on staff in Big West Pitcher of the Year (Jennifer Davis, 2007), Field Player of the Year (Tiffany Wright, 2008), Freshman Pitcher of the Year (Krista Cobb, 2009) and Freshman Field Player of the Year (Shelby Wisdom, 2012).
In 2017, Galicinao directed UC Santa Barbara to 31 victories and the program's fourth postseason appearance with a berth in the inaugural National Invitational Softball Championship. A year prior, the Gauchos set program offensive team records for batting average (.302), hits (460) and RBI (302).
Galicinao led UC Santa Barbara to 31 victories in 2013, recording a fifth winning season in six years. In 2012, UC Santa Barbara recorded its most successful Big West mark at 15-6, finishing second in the standings as Galicinao collected her second conference Coach of the Year award.
Galicinao served as UC Santa Barbara's assistant coach in 2006 and 2007 and, in the second season, helped the Gauchos qualify for the program's last NCAA Tournament appearance.
A four-year starting pitcher and utility player at Princeton (1999-02), Galicinao hit better than .350 three times and graduated with a 1.47 career ERA. Galicinao served as captain during her 2002 senior season, helping lead Princeton to an Ivy League title and NCAA Tournament appearance while earning spots on the NCAA Tournament All-Region and NFCA All-Region Teams and the C. Otto Von Kienbusch award as the university's Sportswoman of the Year.
She became the first player to earn both Ivy League Pitcher and Player of the Year honors in the same season as a junior in 2001. She then became the first athlete to earn a second Ivy League Pitcher of the Year honor as a senior.
Upon graduating, Galicinao played and led softball clinics in Italy. She returned stateside to serve as Princeton's Director of Athletic Relations and as an assistant coach with the Tigers for the 2003 and 2004 seasons.
The Stockton, Calif., native earned a bachelor's degree in history from Princeton and M.A./Ph.D. in education from UC Santa Barbara.
UC Santa Barbara's head coach from 2008 to 2022, Galicinao departed the Gauchos program ranked ninth in Big West history with 343 victories and 12th with 138 conference wins. Twice named Big West Coach of the Year, Galicinao's teams produced more 30-win seasons – five – than any previous UC Santa Barbara head coach.
"We're excited to welcome Brie to the Mustang softball family," 18th-year head coach Jenny Condon said. "She knows the Big West Conference extremely well and knows how to win. Her knowledge and experience working with pitchers and calling games will help our pitching staff from the start. She'll be a great complement to our staff and I can't wait to get her on campus working with our team."
Galicinao became the 11th coach to win 300 games at a Big West member program on May 11, 2019 while UC Santa Barbara's 35-win season in 2014 matched the program record for total victories.
Under Galicinao, UC Santa Barbara produced 63 total All-Big West selections with the program enjoying 34 Big West All-Academic honors. UC Santa Barbara's first major individual conference accolades were all earned with Galicinao on staff in Big West Pitcher of the Year (Jennifer Davis, 2007), Field Player of the Year (Tiffany Wright, 2008), Freshman Pitcher of the Year (Krista Cobb, 2009) and Freshman Field Player of the Year (Shelby Wisdom, 2012).
In 2017, Galicinao directed UC Santa Barbara to 31 victories and the program's fourth postseason appearance with a berth in the inaugural National Invitational Softball Championship. A year prior, the Gauchos set program offensive team records for batting average (.302), hits (460) and RBI (302).
Galicinao led UC Santa Barbara to 31 victories in 2013, recording a fifth winning season in six years. In 2012, UC Santa Barbara recorded its most successful Big West mark at 15-6, finishing second in the standings as Galicinao collected her second conference Coach of the Year award.
Galicinao served as UC Santa Barbara's assistant coach in 2006 and 2007 and, in the second season, helped the Gauchos qualify for the program's last NCAA Tournament appearance.
A four-year starting pitcher and utility player at Princeton (1999-02), Galicinao hit better than .350 three times and graduated with a 1.47 career ERA. Galicinao served as captain during her 2002 senior season, helping lead Princeton to an Ivy League title and NCAA Tournament appearance while earning spots on the NCAA Tournament All-Region and NFCA All-Region Teams and the C. Otto Von Kienbusch award as the university's Sportswoman of the Year.
She became the first player to earn both Ivy League Pitcher and Player of the Year honors in the same season as a junior in 2001. She then became the first athlete to earn a second Ivy League Pitcher of the Year honor as a senior.
Upon graduating, Galicinao played and led softball clinics in Italy. She returned stateside to serve as Princeton's Director of Athletic Relations and as an assistant coach with the Tigers for the 2003 and 2004 seasons.
The Stockton, Calif., native earned a bachelor's degree in history from Princeton and M.A./Ph.D. in education from UC Santa Barbara.
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