{"id":10142,"date":"2018-01-25T07:18:21","date_gmt":"2018-01-25T12:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=10142"},"modified":"2018-01-25T07:18:21","modified_gmt":"2018-01-25T12:18:21","slug":"jmu-gains-a-football-coach-but-loses-a-softball-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=10142","title":{"rendered":"JMU Gains a Football Coach, But Loses a Softball Star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-attachment-id=\"9322\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?attachment_id=9322\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/MeganGoodWeb.jpg?fit=1163%2C685&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1163,685\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Good stare\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/MeganGoodWeb.jpg?fit=300%2C177&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/MeganGoodWeb.jpg?fit=1024%2C603&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-9322\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/MeganGoodWeb.jpg?resize=601%2C354\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"354\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/MeganGoodWeb.jpg?resize=1024%2C603&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/MeganGoodWeb.jpg?resize=300%2C177&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/MeganGoodWeb.jpg?resize=768%2C452&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/jmusportsblog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/MeganGoodWeb.jpg?w=1163&amp;ssl=1 1163w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/>JMU made a couple of big announcements on Wednesday. One of them has fans very excited, and the other one has fans in a bit of a panic.<\/p>\n<p>First the good news. Head Coach Mike Houston hired Steve Shankweiler to be the new Offensive Line Coach. Shank (can we call him Shank?) will replace Bryan Stinespring who left to join the Maryland Terrapins staff. Like Stinespring did, he brings a wealth of experience to the &#8216;burg. He&#8217;s been in coaching for over 40 years, with over half as an offensive coordinator. He most recently served as a defensive analysts for NC State, but he&#8217;s really known for coaching offensive and building some rather impressive offensive lines at places such as ECU, Cincinnati, and Georgia Tech. He&#8217;s a terrific hire to fill the big vacancy that Stinespring&#8217;s departure created.<\/p>\n<p>And now the bad news. Megan Good is out for the entire 2018 softball season. The school announced that she suffered some sort of knee injury. Not a lot of details were provided, but she did say that she&#8217;ll be back to play next season. Presumably that means that she&#8217;ll take a redshirt year this season.<\/p>\n<p>Good of course was the Dukes best pitcher, and arguably the best pitcher in the entire NCAA. Given how reliant college softball teams are on their aces, this is bad news for the Dukes. There&#8217;s no real sugarcoating it. However, maybe we can grasp for a bit of a silver lining. The Dukes are in the market for a full time head coach after Mickey Deane left for Auburn. The prospect of coaching Megan Good next year only makes the job more attractive. But for now, it&#8217;s a real dagger for interim coach Loren LaPorte and the rest of the JMU softball program.<\/p>\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fjmusportsblog.com%2F%3Fp%3D10142&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light&amp;height=80\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:80px;\" allowTransparency=\"true\"><\/iframe>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>JMU made a couple of big announcements on Wednesday. One of them has fans very excited, and the other one has fans in a bit of a panic. First the good news. Head Coach Mike Houston hired Steve Shankweiler to be the new Offensive Line Coach. Shank (can we call him Shank?) will replace Bryan [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":8325,"url":"https:\/\/jmusportsblog.com\/?p=8325","url_meta":{"origin":10142,"position":0},"title":"Donnie Kirkpatrick to Be Named JMU Offensive Coordinator","date":"January 27, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"FootballScoop is reporting that former ECU receivers coach Donnie Kirkpatrick will be JMU's newest offensive coordinator. Kirkpatrick spent 11 years on the Pirate coaching staff. In addition to coaching receivers, he was promoted to Assistant Head Coach in 2015 and also served as the recruiting coordinator. 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