Stacy Iveson – Head Softball Coach

Coach Iveson begins her fourth season at Yavapai College after coming off another successful season in 2010 which ended with a top 3 finish at the NJCAA National Tournament. Under Iveson’s leadership, the Roughriders have made 3 trips to the College World Series in 3 years of existence, including a National Championship in 2009. With a strong group of returners the Roughriders won the Region I Tournament Championship for the third consecutive year. Iveson and her staff were named National Coaching Staff of the year by the NFCA for their campaign in 2009.

The 2010 Riders placed 2 players on the All American team and 5 on the All Region and all ACCAC Conference teams. All 8 sophomores earned transfer scholarships to complete their degrees and 6 will be playing at the Division I level.

Coach Iveson came to YC after a very successful career at Pima Community College including National Championships in 2004 and 2006. She was named National Coach of the Year for her efforts during these campaigns.

Prior to coaching at the junior college level, Iveson was an assistant coach at the University of Arizona from 1994-2001. During her tenure at Arizona she worked with the pitchers and catchers and helped the team win three NCAA national championships.

Iveson has coached 28 NJCAA All Americans in the last 7 years, including four Diamond NFCA Catchers of the year in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009.

Coach Iveson has also a been a member of the USA Softball coaching pool for the last six years. She worked closely with the National Team players and coaches including several training and selection camps and a trip to Guatemala in 2005 for the Pan American Qualifier. This summer Iveson accompanied the USA Junior National team to Bogota, Colombia as an assistant coach. There they took the gold medal in the Pan American Championship which qualified the team to compete in the Junior World Championship in Cape Town, South Africa in December 2011.

Iveson was an All-Pac 10 conference catcher at the University of Arizona where she played from 1985-1989 and earned her bachelor’s degree in elementary education. Iveson also graduated from Northern Arizona University with a masters degree in educational leadership in 1996. She resides in Prescott Valley with her husband Tom and 9 year old son JT.

Lisa Parks – Assistant Softball Coach

Lisa Parks returns to the Yavapai College softball staff for her 4th season as the infield, hitting and strength training coach. Last year she helped guide the team to a top three finish at the NJCAA National Championship.

Lisa has been with the YC softball program since its inception in 2008. During that time she has helped the team win 3 consecutive NJCAA Region I championships which earned them three trips to the College World Series, including a National Championship in 2009. Lisa was named to the National Fastpitch Coaches’ Association Coaching Staff of the Year for her efforts

Lisa had a very successful career as a player at the junior college and NCAA Division I levels. She helped her team at Pima Community College to its first ever NJCAA Division I National Championship in 2004. She was a two time NJCAA All American infielder with 52 homeruns and 183 RBIs in her two years at Pima.

After transferring to the University of Minnesota, Lisa completed her degree in Sport Management in 2007. During her tenure at Minnesota she became 7th on the all time career homerun list in just two years of competition for the Gophers.

JR Barringer – Assistant Coach

J.R. Barringer returns for a third season to the Yavapai College Softball Coaching staff as the outfield coach and batting practice pitcher. He began playing men’s fast pitch softball at age 17 and has been managing his team for the past 12 years. J. R. has coached girls’ softball at the high school and ASA club levels for several years and has also coached little league baseball.

J.R. was born and raised in Prescott. He retired from the Central Yavapai Fire District in 2005. J.R. and his wife, Debbie, have 4 children and reside in Dewey, AZ.

Joe Cappelli – Assistant Softball Coach

Joe Cappelli returns to the Roughrider coaching staff this year after 15 years of coaching fast pitch softball at various levels including little league, ASA and High School.

After coaching little league fast pitch softball for two years, Joe formed a Club/Travel Softball team in Prescott Valley which he coached and managed for two years. He then went on to coach a highly competitive Club/Travel team in the greater Phoenix and Glendale area for six years before becoming Bradshaw Mountain’s High School Varsity Softball Coach in 2002.

During his seven years at Bradshaw Mountain High School, Joe amassed a career record of 120-45 and has been named coach of the year three times. He has had eighteen softball players receive athletic scholarship offers from this consistently ranked, top 10 program. In 2005, the Bradshaw Mountain High School Softball Team played for the State Championship and was ranked 15th nationally in the NFHS softball coaching poll.

Joe also helps coach the Bradshaw Mountain Boys golf team has been a long time advocate of youth sports. He had a strong voice in bringing back softball to Yavapai College. He and his wife Karen have been married for 26 years and have three children. Joe recently retired from the Prescott Valley Police Department and is now serving as the Chief of Police for Yavapai College.