Lakeland College

Softball Coaches

Chad Buchmann
Head Coach

Coach Buchmann enters his fourth season as Lakeland's head coach.

Buchmann is a graduate of Sheboygan North HS and Lakeland College ('98), where he was an assistant softball coach, played football and served as an athletic trainer while attending Lakeland. Serving as the outfield coach, he assisted then Head Coach Jane Bouche (current Athletic Director at LC) for a year and then with Coach Stacy Remington for one year.

In 2007 the Muskies won a school record 27 games, and five players were named to the All-Northern Athletics Conference team. This marks the second straight year the Muskies have finished second in conference. Over the past three years, Buchmann has led the squad to a 34-18 record against conference opponents, and recorded his 100th collegiate coaching victory in April of 2007.

Before returning to Lakeland in 2004, Buchman led the Jamestown College (ND) Jimmies (NAIA) to their most successful record in school history, winning 41 games, and comiling a two year win total of 65. While at Jamestown College, he also served as strength and conditioning coach and was a wide receivers coach for the football team.

Coach Buchmann and his wife, Amy, currently reside in Sheboygan and welcomed their first child, Brady Donald Buchmann, to the family in August of 2007. Amy's hometown is Menomonee Falls (WI). She is a graduate of UW-Madison's Nursing Program, and also earned her masters in nursing. She has held jobs as an instructor of nursing at Jamestown College and has also worked as a Nurse at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota.

When Buchmann is not coaching, he enjoys spending time with Amy and Brady and walking their two dogs Magnus (Dachsund) & Regal (Beagle).

Coaching Record

Year	Position	Location	Result
1997	Outfield Coach	Lakeland College	Conference Tourny Champs
1998	Outfield Coach	Lakeland College	Conference Tourny Champs
2001	Head Coach	Dover-Eyota HS - Eyota, MN	12-8 3rd place
2002	Head Coach	Dover-Eyota HS - Eyota, MN	13-11 4th place
2003	Head Coach	Jamestown College, ND (NAIA)	41-14 (DAC-10 2nd place)
2003	Co Head Coach	USAAI Tour: Austraila	Gold Medal
2004	Head Coach	Jamestown College, ND (NAIA)	24-27 (DAC-10 5th Place)
2004	Co Head Coach	USAAI Tour: Austraila	Gold Medal
2005	Head Coach	Lakeland College	10-27 (4-10 LMC 6th Place)
2005	Head Coach	USAAI Tour: Austraila	Bronze Medal
2006	Head Coach	Lakeland College	19-21 (12-4 LMC 2nd Place)
2006	Co Head Coach	USAAI Tour: Holland	Silver Medal
2007	Head Coach	Lakeland College	27-12 (18-4 NAC 2nd Place)

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Annie Morgan
Graduate Assistant Coach

Annie Morgan enters her first season as graduate assistant coach with the Lakeland softball program.

Morgan is a graduate of DePauw University in Greencastle, Ind., where she earned a bachelor's degree in kinesiology with an emphasis in sport and exercise science. She brings four years of championship softball experience to the Muskies' coaching staff highlighted by this past season's 2007 NCAA Division III World Series bid.

"Annie is knowledgeable and likes the strategy side of the game," said Lakeland head softball coach Chad Buchmann. "Her championship experiences will help her make coaching adjustments, as well as help our program reach our goal of making the NCAA tournament."

Morgan was vital member of DePauw's NCAA Central Regional Championship team that ended up finishing fifth overall at the World Series. She was mainly a utility player that specialized in base running.

Off the field, Morgan was involved in the Delta Gamma Sorority, served many leadership roles for InterVarsity programs and coached various levels of travel summer softball teams for four years.

Morgan grew up in west-central Indiana where she is the oldest of three children.

 

 

Kara Werner
Assistant Coach

Kara Werner begins her first season as an assistant coach with the Muskies.

Werner's experience in collegiate softball is sure to add another key dimension to Lakeland's coaching staff, as she was the starting catcher at Carroll College in Waukesha, Wis., for two out of her three seasons on the team.

During her senior year in 2007, Werner garnered second team All-Midwest Conference recognition after batting .325 with 18 runs and 13 RBIs. She was also a solid force on defense, coming in second on the team in put-outs with 101 and fielding percentage at .968.

A native of Naperville, Ill., Werner is also a graduate assistant athletic trainer at Lakeland. Her primary coaching duties for the Muskies will be working with the catchers.

Werner graduated from Carroll in May of 2007 with a bachelor's degree in athletic training. She is working on her masters in counseling at Lakeland.

 

 

Tina Filipovic
Manager

Tina begins her second year as the Muskies' softball manager.

The sophomore hails from Greenfield, Wis., and is majoring in fitness studies.