Scott Libby Position: Head Coach

Scott Libby enters his fourth season as the head coach at Texas A&M International University and has turned the program into one of the most respected in the region. Last season Libby led the Dustdevils to a share of the regular season title, a Heartland Conference Tournament Championship and the program's first berth in the NCAA Division-II Tournament. The team wrapped up the 2011 season with an overall record of 32-29 and a conference record of 12-3.

Four athletes were selected to the All-Conference team last season, including first team selections Victoria Beltran and Samantha Garcia and second team selections Alexis Gonzalez and Rochelle Nash. Beltran was also named the 2011 Conference Co-Player of the Year. In total, nine total athletes have earned All-Conference honors under Coach Libby's tutelage.

In 2010, Libby earned Heartland Conference co-Coach of the Year honors after leading the Dustdevils to a deep run in the Heartland Conference Tournament. TAMIU came within one game of playing for a league title, after finishing with a 14-7 conference record during the regular season. That mark was a three and a half game improvement from a 14-14 Heartland Conference record in 2009.

Before taking the helm of the Dustdevil program, Libby served as Head Softball Coach at Willliam H.Taft High School in San Antonio for 11 years. He compiled a 241-90 record during his tenure, leading the Lady Raiders to five district championships, four regional final appearances and two state semifinalist runs. Libby was named Greater San Antonio Area Coach of The Year in 1998 after leading the Lady Raiders to the first of the five District 28-5A titles.

A total of 15 student-athletes went on to play college softball during Libby's tenure at Taft, including one at the NCAA Division I level. Currently four of his former athletes are playing in the collegiate ranks, all at the NCAA Division II level.

Nicole Lozano earned Greater San Antonio Player of the Year honors playing for Libby in 1998. Four of his student-athletes earned Texas Girls Association first-team All-State honors and three earned TGCA first-team Academic All-State honors. Prior to his strong run at Taft, Libby served as an assistant coach at Oliver Wendell Holmes High School during the 1996-97 season, helping lead the team to the state semifinals.

Coach Libby got his start coaching girls' softball in the Northwest Softball League, where he would coach the Genesis team from 1996-99.

Libby played and coached softball while serving in the United States Air Force from 1976-83. He played for current University of Tennessee coach Ralph Weekly on the Air Force Hawaii team from 1979-82. During that stint, Libby concurrently served as coach of the Security Police Squadron men's team at Wheeler Air Base.

After separating from active duty, Libby would coach various men's travel teams while serving as an Air Force civilian employee at Beale Air Force Base in California. He would later play and co-coach on the Air Force Spain team in the early 1990s.

Libby holds a bachelor's in language arts from the University of Texas at San Antonio. He put that degree to good use as an English teacher at Holmes and Taft High Schools.

Libby has an adult daughter, Eryn and stepson, Joshua.