Kiana Quolas

Associate Head Coach

Coastal Carolina head softball coach Kelley Green has announced the hiring of former Chanticleer standout Kiana Quolas as associate head coach.

"I'm thrilled to have Q back in Teal," said Green. "She is among the best our program has ever seen on the field and has gained a tremendous amount of coaching experience since graduating. She really is the perfect fit for our program. Q not only embodies the passion for Teal Nation, but her character, work ethic and competitive drive are paramount."

Quolas, a 2023 inductee into the Sasser Hall of Fame, has spent the last three seasons as an assistant coach at East Carolina. In 2024, she helped guide the Pirates to a 38-win campaign, the most regular-season wins for ECU in 13 years.

Quolas spent three seasons on East Carolina head coach Shane Winkler's staff at George Washington, working primarily with the team's pitchers. She helped the Colonials reach new heights as the team captured a program-record 44 wins in 2019, earned a share of the first regular season Atlantic 10 softball title in GW history as well as making an appearance in the National Invitational Softball Championship Liberty Regional. The Colonials' rapid ascent with Quolas' assistance continued in 2021 with their initial outright A-10 trophy and first appearance in the NCAA Championships.

Under Quolas' tutelage, Sierra Lange became the first GW hurler to be named the A-10 Pitcher of the Year in 2021. Lange spearheaded a pitching staff that set a George Washington record and finished 18th nationally with an team earned run average of just 1.97. The staff also finished third in the NCAA in strikeout-to-walk ratio, punching out 5.60 batters for every free pass awarded.

Before her hire at GW, Quolas served as an assistant coach at George Mason (2017-18) and Youngstown State (2015-17).

Quolas played at Coastal Carolina from 2011 to 2015 and was a two-time Big South Conference Pitcher of the Year selection. The Oxnard, Calif., native ended her career with 91 wins, 101 complete games, 799.1 innings pitched, and 144 appearances, ranking second in program history in all four categories. Her strikeout total of 590 ranked third-most in program history while her career ERA of 2.05 ranked seventh in school history. Offensively, she finished tied for sixth at Coastal in career home runs, tied for ninth in doubles and 10th in RBIs.

She graduated cum laude from CCU in 2015 with a bachelor's degree in exercise and sports science before earning a master's degree in gerontology from Youngstown State in 2017.