Ashley Ercolano completed her third season overall on Christi Musser's staff in 2024 and her first season as Associate Head Coach. She is the primary pitching coach and helps with the day-to-day operations of the Charleston Southern softball program.
Ercolano's pitching staff has gotten better and better every year, and that trend continued in 2024, as her staff finished with a team ERA of 3.15. She was monumental in the recruitment and development of Nealy Lamb, who led the conference in multiple categories and was Big South All-Freshman, Freshman of the Year, Pitcher of the Year and First-Team All-Conference.
The pitching staff took a step forward in 2022, which was her second season, as the Bucs posted a team ERA of 3.27 in 2022. They were led by Annah Junge, who was Second-Team All-Big South in 2023 after posting a 2.50 ERA.
Prior to her time at Charleston Southern, Ercolano spent three seasons as a graduate assistant coach for the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, where she worked with the pitching staff of the Mountain Lions. During her time at UCCS, she assisted the head coach in recruiting potential athletes, practice plans, and creating lineups, while also working actively in scouting, player development, and game day protocols.
She called pitches for UCCS and developed the pitching staff on their way to earning multiple "Pitcher of the Week" awards while defeating top-ranked opposition.
Prior to her time at Colorado Springs, she served as the pitching coach at Cal State San Marcos from 2017-2018. She put together the practice plans for the pitching staff, called pitches, and led mental and physical training programs for the staff.
Ercolano has extensive experience as a pitching coach and has coached at the travel ball level throughout her professional career. She has also spent time working as a Behavioral Therapist and has served in a number of mentoring programs during her collegiate playing career and at the post-graduate level.
Ercolano started her collegiate career at the University of California, Riverside in 2013 and 2014, before transferring and closing out her career in 2016 and 2017 at San Diego State University. Over her career, she appeared in 70 games inside the circle, while adding 13 home runs and 56 RBI at the plate.
In the classroom, she was a member of the Deans List and Academic Athletic Honor Roll from 2014-2017. She was a two-time Mountain West Scholar-Athlete and was named to the 2016-17 Mountain West All-Academic Team. She garnered National Fastpitch Coaches Association All-America Scholar-Athlete honors for her senior season.
Ercolano graduated from San Diego State in 2017 with a bachelor's degree in psychology. She added her master's degree in communication in May 2021.
