| Title: | Head Softball Coach |
| Phone: | (603) 645-9776 |
| Email: | d.robitaille@snhu.edu |
| Year: | 14th Year |
| Alma Mater: | UNH-Manchester |
Deb Robitaille recently wrapped up her 13th season with the Southern New Hampshire University softball team, and her seventh as head coach. She was named head coach on May 31, 2005. Robitaille spent six years as assistant softball coach before being promoted to head coach. She also serves as assistant women's soccer coach at the University.
Over her first seven seasons,
Robitaille has posted a record of 150-148 and garnered
Northeast-10 Coach of the Year honors in her first
two seasons. In 2006 she guided the program to its
first-ever NCAA berth, while over her tenure as head coach the
Penmen have made five Northeast-10 Tournament appearances. In
2012 Southern New Hampshire won a program-record 28 games, going
28-19 with a roster featuring just one senior.
Robitaille won her 100th career game during a doubleheader sweep of Franklin Pierce on April 21, 2010.
Robitaille is a 1984 graduate of Manchester Memorial High School where she was a member of the girl's soccer team and collected first-team All-State honors as a senior. She also participated in the Lion's Cup All-Star game following her senior year.
The UNH-Manchester graduate served as girl's junior varsity soccer coach at Memorial High School from 1986 to 1995, before being named head girl's soccer coach at Concord High School in 1996. She spent three years at Concord and also served as goalkeeping coach at Keene State College during her final season with the Crimson Tide.
Robitaille has also coached in the Manchester South Junior Soccer League and the U14 Granite State Travel League.
| Title: | Assistant Softball Coach |
| Phone: | (603) 645-9776 |
Christina Berardi enters her second season as an assistant coach of the Penmen softball program. A native of Raynham, Mass., Berardi is a 2011 graduate of Long Island University at C.W. Post, where she graduated with a degree in Psychology.
At C.W. Post, Berardi made four NCAA Regional appearances and was a member of two NCAA Regional Championship teams as a freshman and a senior.
A four-year member of the Pioneer’s program, Berardi made 113 appearances over her career. As a senior, she earned National Fastpitch Coaches Association (NFCA) First Team All-Region honors and was named to the East Coast Conference (ECC) Second Team. A pitcher, Berardi threw 496 strikeouts over the course of her career including 192 strikeouts during her senior year.
A 2007 graduate of Bridgewater-Raynham Regional High School, Berardi was inducted into the school's hall of fame following her four-year career with the Trojans.
Berardi currently resides in Manchester, N.H. and is pursuing a Master of Science degree in Mental Health Counseling at SNHU.
| Title: | Assistant Softball Coach |
| Phone: | (603) 645-9776 |
| Email: | r.hebert@snhu.edu |
Roger Hebert begins his 13th season as assistant softball coach at SNHU. He has previously served as an assistant coach at Daniel Webster College, Memorial High School and Hooksett Junior High School.
Hebert was a long-time head coach of Roger's Renegades, an over 30 softball team, and led the team to three national titles, two national runner-up finishes and one national third place finish. He was inducted into the New Hampshire Amateur Softball Association Hall of Fame in 2010.
| Title: | Assistant Softball Coach |
| Phone: | (603) 645-9776 |
| Email: | t.moriarty@snhu.edu |
A former standout for four seasons
with the Penmen, Tara Moriarty enters her fourth season as an
assistant coach.
Moriarty played for the Penmen from 2004-07 and garnered
Northeast-10 All-Conference accolades three times, including being
named to the Second Team twice. A two-year captain for SNHU,
Moriarty ranks fourth in career hits with 125 and third in career
home runs with 11.
Moriarty, a native of Randolph, Mass., was a two-time
All-Conference selection in softball at Randolph High School.

