Head Softball Coach
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- Email:
- deastman@odessa.edu
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- Title:
- Head Softball Coach
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- Organization:
- Softball
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- City:
- Odessa
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- State:
- TX
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- Phone:
- 432-335-6793
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- College :
- California Coast University
Bio
Coach Eastman enters his thrid season at the helm of the Odessa College Softball Program.
Coach Eastman's Wranglers found equal success in his second year leading the program to be one of the top programs in the country. The Lady Wranglers finished 24-0 in conference and secured back to back conference championships with a two year mark of 47-1. The Wranglers finished with an overall record of 47-8 and another bid to the NJCAA National tournament. Odessa college softball had many standout athletes including the conference Pitcher and Player of the year and multiple All-American and all-conference selections. Coach Eastman graduated nine athletes including eight to the Division I level and one to a prominent Division II program. The 2024-25 Softball Program also achieved greatness in the classroom with a team GPA of 3.91 finishing second in the country.
In his first season the Wranglers won the conference and regional championships earning them a ticket to the National Championships in Alabama. He coached 9 all-conference players, two All-Americans and the player of the year in the WACJAC. Coach Eastman also surpassed the 900 career win mark and was honored by the NFCA.
Eastman comes to Odessa College from Texas A&M – Kingsville where he served as head softball coach during the 2022-2023 season. Prior to that position, he was head softball coach at Yavapai College from 2014 to 2022. His 2022 team at Yavapai was #1 in the country in the NJCAA national rankings.
Coach Eastman received the National Fastpitch Coaches Association Milestone Achievement award with 833 career wins and 333 wins in eight seasons at Yavapai College with better than an 850 career-winning percentage. He also holds the honor of being the winningest softball coach in Yavapai College history. His teams had two national appearances in 2015-16 and 2020-21, two region championships, and four conference titles.
Before Yavapai, Coach Eastman was the head softball coach for 12 years at his alma mater, College of the Siskiyous in Northern California, where his teams' overall record was 301-24 across the past seven seasons. Under his coaching, the college's softball program ranked #1 in winning percentage in California and had seven consecutive conference championships and seven consecutive Final Four appearances.
During Coach Eastman's college years as a student athlete, he played baseball at the College of the Siskiyous and received All-State and All-American honors. He was the youngest athlete to be inducted into the college's Baseball Hall of Fame. He transferred to Sacramento State University where once again he achieved All-American honors and was inducted into the school's Hornet's Hall of Fame.
In 1984, he was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds where he played in the minor league organization and was awarded the Most Valuable Player honor in 1987. Later, a wrist injury changed his direction from player to coach.
He has an associate's degree from College of the Siskiyous, in Weed, California, and his bachelor's and master's degrees from California Coast University in Santa Ana, California.
Coach Eastman and his wife Darla, their dogs Max, Olive, and Daisy, and their cat, Charli will soon be joining the Odessa College Wrangler family.