Cougar Softball Camps
Coaching Staff


Assistant Coach Kat Ihlenburg
Coach Ihlenburg enters her 5th year at CofC. She is assistant director of camps. She works with the team on all aspects of the game.

At the College of Charleston, Ihlenburg works primarily with the Cougars’ outfielders and helped guide the 2006 team to a .966 fielding percentage that tied for the lead in the Southern Conference and was just outside of ranking in the Top-50 in the NCAA National Rankings. That season, Charleston also tied for the lead in team batting with a .283 average.


Volunteer Assistant Coach Jake Jury
Jacob Jury begins his second season on Shelly Hoerner's staff at the College  of Charleston. He will serve as a volunteer assistant coach during the 2010  season.

In 2009, Jury served as a volunteer assistant coach with the College of  Charleston and focused primarily on hitting. He worked with a  team that set  the fourth highest mark for batting average (.288) and slugging percentage  (.368) in program history, hit the fifth most home runs (30), produced 205  RBIs, tying for the sixth most while the 213 runs, 384 hits, 64 doubles and  556 total bases all ranked seventh all time.

For the two seasons prior to joining the Cougars' staff, Jury served on Rick  Pauly's staff at Spartanburg Methodist College in Spartanburg, South  Carolina. While there he worked with current College of Charleston pitching  coach Sarah Pauly, who also enters her second year on staff.

Jury brings a strong family history in athletics as both his grandfather and  uncle were involved with basketball throughout their careers. Jacob is the  son of Blake and Tina Jury and resides in Charleston, South Carolina.