Rod Radcliffe arrived at Rutgers after working with Coach Butler on the 2018 MAC Coaching Staff of the Year at Toledo. He spent four seasons with Butler at Toledo and works with outfielders and hitters at Rutgers, while serving as first base coach in-game.
In his first season "On The Banks", the Scarlet Knights hit a program record 54 home runs, which included then-rookie Katie Wingert swinging for the fences with three consecutive extra-inning walk-off home runs highlighted on ESPN's SportsCenter.
While an assistant at Toledo, Radcliffe was touted for helping increase the Rockets' total doubles, home runs, stolen bases and fielding percentage.
A former head coach at Bethel University in Minnesota, Radcliffe amassed 223 wins while producing two NFCA All-Americans and 25 Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference honorees. The 2013 MIAC Coach of the Year, he holds the program record for wins, conference winning percentage, winning streak in a single season and took Bethel to the postseason in five of his final seven seasons, including back-to-back championship game appearances in 2013 and 2014.
Radcliffe also was the head softball coach for the United States Team for Competitive Edge International in Thailand and Laos in 2003, 2005 and 2008, and in Myanmar in 2011. Prior to his time at Bethel, Radcliffe had stints as a coach at Ackley-Geneva (IA) High School, Hampton-Dumont (IA) High School and Ellsworth (IA) Community College.
Radcliffe and his wife Julie have three children: Adam, Tyler and Koby.
