David Kuhn Softball
Coaching Staff
Jennifer Binnie
Assistant Softball Coach
Jennifer Binnie was hired in January of 2008 as an assistant softball coach by the University of Central Arkansas to work with the pitchers.
Binnie's pitching staff in 2010 set the program record most strikeouts per 7 innings (6.37) and strikeouts (332). The staff also had the school's second most shutouts (10) and the fourth most wins (25) in a season. Freshman pitcher Kelsie Armstrong struck out a school record 212 batters in 2010 and was named All-Southland Conference Honorable Mention under Binnie's guidance.
The 2009 Bears pitching staff set the school record for most strikeouts per 7 inning game, most saves, and most strikeouts in a single season. The staff also posted the school’s third most shutouts and the fifth lowest ERA and opponent batting average. Binnie mentored a 2009 Southland pitcher of the week and Newcomer of the year in Holli Hill.
Binnie, a native of Surrey, British Columbia played at Arkansas Tech University during the school’s first two seasons of softball in 2003 and 2004. Binnie led the Golden Suns with a .352 batting average and posted an 11-5 record with a 1.85 earned run average as a pitcher.
Prior to Arkansas Tech, Binnie played at St. Louis Community College-Meramec for Celeste Knierim, the winningest coach in NJCAA history and Softball Hall Of Famer, where she helped the Magic to two straight conference and regional titles and back-to-back appearances in the NJCAA National tournament, placing fifth in 2001 and seventh in 2002. Her sophomore season, Binnie was named all-conference and all-region.
She graduated from Arkansas Tech in 2005 with a bachelor;s degree in Health and Physical Education. Binnie was the recipient of the Dr. Pat Gordon award for most outstanding HPE graduate. In 2007 she earned her master's degree in Physical Education from Arkansas Tech and was named most outstanding master of Physical Education graduate.
Binnie is married to Scott Poteete of Morrilton, Arkansas.
Jenny Parsons
Assistant Softball Coach
Assistant Coach Jenny Parsons enters her first season as an assistant coach on David Kuhn’s staff at UCA and brings with her 17 years of Division I coaching experience. Previously, Parsons served on the Nicholls staff for 10 seasons, with the last eight being as a head coach. During her time there, Parsons guided the Colonels to the postseason four times out of the last six seasons and advanced to the Southland Conference Championship in 2008. In 2010, Parsons helped produce the Southland Conference Player of the Year, four All-SLC selections, one All-Region selection, two All-Louisianans and one All-American.
Prior to her time at Nicholls, Parsons was an assistant coach at East Carolina University for seven seasons. With her pitching expertise, she helped a 2000 ECU pitching staff set school records for strikeouts (421) and wins (60).
Parsons continued her top-notch guidance of pitchers in her time at Nicholls. The 2008 seasons saw the Colonel pitching staff lead the Southland with a .235 opponent batting average. In 2009, the Nicholls staff ranked second in ERA at 1.96 and held opponents to a cool .201 average.
A former standout pitcher at ECU, Parsons holds nearly every individual Pirate pitching record including games pitched (157), wins (102) strikeouts (402) and shutouts (34). In addition, Parsons helped guide the Pirates to the ECAC Tournament during her senior season and was selected as an ECAC All-Star. She led the nation in wins (38) during her junior season and was second in the NCAA her final year at ECU with 32.
Parsons, a Glen Burnie, Maryland native, received her bachelor’s degree in Leisure System Studies from in 1994 and her master’s degree in Athletic Administration in 1996 from Eastern Carolina.
