A 14-year veteran of NCAA softball coaching, Jannelle Iaquinto was promoted to associate athletic director for student-athlete wellness, compliance and operations in the summer of 2024.
In her new role, Iaquinto will oversee the department's athletic training, strength & conditioning, and wellness initiatives. She will continue working with departmental operations, compliance, sport supervision, and the student-athlete advisory committee (SAAC). Iaquinto also serves as Barry's senior woman administrator (SWA).
She first joined joined the Buccaneer softball staff in the fall of 2021 as an assistant coach and was promoted to assistant AD for compliance and operations/SWA in the summer of 2022.
As a coach, she guided the Salve Regina Seahawks to a 74-64 record in parts of five seasons. Her teams advanced to the Commonwealth Coast Conference (CCC) tournament in each of her first three seasons, capturing the 2017 conference championship and berth to the NCAA Tournament. The 2017 CCC Coach of the Year, she produced 23 All-CCC Selections, six NFCA All-Academic players, the 2017 CCC Player of the Year, three NFCA All-Region players and achieved national rankings in stolen bases.
A former NCAA Division I pitcher, Iaquinto’s pitching staffs remain dominant in the circle. Under her leadership, four pitchers in five seasons have received Pitcher of the Year accolades (Marist, 2015, 2016, Salve Regina 2017, 2019).
Iaquinto came to Salve Regina after spending two seasons coaching at Division I Marist College where she helped the Red Foxes achieve their best season in program history. Marist won a program-record 45 games in 2016, and captured both the MAAC regular-season and tournament championships. Seven players on the 2016 roster ranked in the top 100, one a national top 10 finalist for Rookie of the Year. She previously held coaching positions at Merrimack College, Suffolk University, Emerson College and Lesley University.
In her playing career, Iaquinto pitched for Siena College for three seasons (2004-05, 2007). Before that she closed out her high school career at Arlington Catholic as the school's all-time leader in strikeouts (647). During her stellar career, the two-time captain was recognized on the Boston Globe All-League team as well as the Boston Herald All-Scholastic team.
Iaquinto earned her bachelor's degree in psychology from Sienna in 2007 and a master's in communications and integrated marketing from Marist in 2017.
