Ohio Dominican University

YEAR: 29th in 2023-24
PREVIOUS COLLEGE: Asbury '92 and Eastern Kentucky '94

AT OHIO DOMINICAN UNIVERSITY

• Led the Panthers to a 34-22 overall record and a 20-4 conference record.
  • The Black and Gold were regular season G-MAC Champions and the number one seed in the conference tournament.
  • ODU made an appearances in the NCAA Tournament for the third straight year.
  • Vanlandingham coached six players to All-Conference Honors, including Player of the Year, one NFCA Division II All-Midwest Regional First Team honoree, and two D2CCA All-Midwest Region Team members.
  • Was awarded 2023 Great Midwest Athletic Conference Coach of the Year.
  • She reached the 800 win milestone with a pair at Ursuline College.
  • Vanlandingham is the 16th active Division II head coach to reach 800 wins.
• In 2022, the Black and Gold went 35-19 with an impressive 19-3 finish the Great Midwest Athletic Conference.
  • The Panthers won their second consecutive G-MAC Softball tournament, making another appearance in the NCAA Division II Midwest Region tournament.
• During the 2021 season, ODU went 30-18 overall and 13-9 in the conference. 
  • The Panthers were seeded sixth in the G-MAC tournament, going undefeated to win the tournament, securing a spot in the NCAA Tournament.
  • The Black adn Gold went 2-2 int he Midwest Regional that season.
• In the 2019 season, Vanlandingham reached the 700 win milestone in a win against Lake Erie in the final regular-season game of the season.
  • That game also clinched her first G-MAC title since joining the league in 2017.
• In 2014, Vanlandingham guided the Panthers to the team’s first GLIAC regular season title as ODU completed conference play with a 21-5 record.
  • ODU competed in the GLIAC tournament as the number one seed and finished as the tournament runner-up.
  • Vanlandingham and the Panthers earned the right to play in the NCAA Regional tournament, their first appearance in school history.
  • For the team’s performance during the 2014 campaign, Vanlandingham was honored as the GLIAC Coach of the Year for the first time.
• Ushering in the Panthers to the NCAA Division II level in 2011, Vanlandingham led the Panthers to four GLIAC tournaments, a conference tournament championship appearance, a GLIAC regular-season championship, and an NCAA national tournament appearance.
• Following her arrival at ODU, Vanlandingham quickly turned the softball program into a regional power.
• Beginning in 2001, she guided the Panthers to a streak of eight consecutive American Mideast Conference titles, including Region IX titles and NAIA World Series appearances in 2002 and 2005.
• The Panthers have won 10 or more conference games in 14 seasons under Vanlandingham, including a perfect AMC mark of 14-0 and a school-record 45 wins in 2005.

• All-Time winningest coach in program history
• 9 Conference Pitchers/Players of the Year
• 3 Conference Freshman of the Year
• 2 NAIA Region IX Pitchers/Players of the Year
• 144 All-Conference Honorees
• 7 NAIA All-Americans
• 38 NFCA All-Region Selections
• Two-time G-MAC Coach of the Year (2019,2023)
• GLIAC Coach of the Year (2014)
• Five-time AMC Coach of the Year (2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2008)
• NAIA Region IX Coach of the Year (2005)
• G-MAC Tournament Qualifiers (2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023)
• GLIAC Tournament Qualifiers (2012, 2013, 2014, 2017)
• A.I.I Tournament Qualifiers (2010)
• AMC Tournament Qualifiers (1999, 2009)
• Region IX Tournament Qualifiers (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008)
• MOC Tournament Qualifiers (1996, 1997, 1998)
• NCAA Tournament Qualifiers (2014, 2021, 2022, 2023)
• NAIA Region Tournament Championship Appearances (2002, 2005)
• NAIA World Series Appearances (2002, 2005)
• Two-time G-MAC Tournament Champions (2021,2022)
• G-MAC Regular Season Champions (2019, 2023)
• GLIAC Regular Season Champions (2014)
• AMC Regular Season Champions (2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008)
• 2008 NAIA Scholar Team
• 2005 NFCA Great Lakes Region Coaching Staff of the Year

• A 1992 graduate of Asbury College (Ky.), Vanlandingham received a degree in physical education.
• Upon completing her Master's degree in Sports Administration from Eastern Kentucky University in 1994, Vanlandingham returned to her alma mater to teach.
• During her one year at Asbury, she was also the assistant softball and volleyball coach, before coming to Ohio Dominican in the fall of 1995.
• A native of Milton, Florida, Vanlandingham served as the AMC softball chair seven times during her 15-year tenure in the conference and was the NAIA Region IX softball from 2007 to 2009.
• Away from her coaching responsibilities, Vanlandingham also helped initiate the Sport Management undergraduate curriculum at Ohio Dominican.